[This is a 3-credit Common Core Microcredentials course focused on transdisciplinary project-based learning in a highly compressed format.]

• CCMCs are optional, i.e. whether or not you take CCMCs (in place of one standard 6-credit CC course) for fulfilling the UG5(c) Common Core requirements, is at your discretion. However, if you opt to take CCMCs, you must take TWO of them, not more or less.
• Students who have been granted Advanced Standing / Credit Transfer / Course Exemption / Internal Transfer for Common Core courses in their current programme are NOT eligible.
• For students who have successfully completed two 3-credit CCMCs in place of one 6-credit Common Core course, the average grade point of the two CCMCs will be treated as the grade point of a 6-credit Common Core course for calculation of Graduation GPA under the Common Core Special Proviso.

Course Description

In a world that moves at lightning speed, maintaining balance can feel like a challenge. Between study pressures, social expectations, and planning for the future, it’s easy to lose sight of what truly sustains our well-being. This Common Core micro-credential course invites you to pause, reconnect, and reimagine well-being—not as another goal to achieve, but as a creative and compassionate way of living. Through experiential learning, you will explore how science, mindfulness, and the arts can work together to nurture your resilience, deepen self-understanding, and enhance relationships with others. Blending evidence-based wellness principles, cross-cultural perspectives, and practical self-care strategies, this course helps you discover fresh ways to manage stress, spark creativity, and grow through life’s challenges. You will gain both theoretical insight and real-world tools to support holistic health and build resilience. Through interactive learning activities, you will engage your senses and express what matters most to you. The result is an enjoyable, thought-provoking journey that empowers you to live, study, and connect with greater balance, compassion, and joy.

Course Learning Outcomes

On completing the course, students will be able to:

1. Deepen understanding of holistic wellness, its principles, and its significance to everyday life.
2. Appreciate and critically reflect on the different traditions and modalities in achieving holistic wellness across various cultures.
3. Integrate holistic health practices in tackling real-life situations.
4. Demonstrate competence in communicating and collaborating with others towards improving wellness for others.

Offer Semester and Day of Teaching

Summer Semester

Lecture
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm on July 20, 21, 22, 27, 28
Workshop
9:00 am – 12:30 pm / 2:00 – 5:30 pm on July 23, 30
Tutorial
10:00 am – 12:30 pm / 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm on July 24, 31