Total Wellness emphasizes the importance of knowledge, attitudes, and practices relating to an individual's overall health and personal wellness as well as appraisal and improvememt. It is a course designed to expose students to a broad range of issues and information relating to the dimensions of wellness that include: physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, social, environmental and financial wellness. This course integrates the dimensions of wellness and fitness in both a classroom and exercise environment so that the student understands the lifelong effects of healthy lifestyle choices. Course topics include, but are not limited to: cardiovascular health, nutrition, exercise prescription, stress reduction, disease prevention, financial readiness and environmental responsibility. HLP1081C meets the International/Intercultural competency requirement.