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Integrative HealthIntegrative health acknowledges the whole ecology of humanhealth. Here we focus on the integrative nature of wellness.Inte-grative health links the social and cultural values andexperiences of humans and the connection of the mind andbody in achieving wellness. It takes into account the influenceof health beliefs and health behaviors and considers riskperceptions and social net-works as they impact health andwell-being. This course of study provides a comprehensiveview of the body as a living system, and as such looks atvarious complementary approaches to sustaining health andobtaining health care and evaluates the utility of alternateapproaches to health maintenance.Courses Units Prerequisite(s) Co-Requisite(s)Select TWO of the following6SCI 4305 Nutrition and Behavior (3)SCI 4320 Chinese Medicine and Culture (3)SCI 4335 Alternatives in Health Care (3)SCI 4337 Stress and Health (3)Select TWO of the following6PYC 3318 Essentials of Addiction and Recovery (3)SEC 3210 Metaphors of Dis-ease and Healing (3)SEC 4150 Cancer, Health and Politics (3)SEC 4312 Women and Integral Health (3)Total units required 12Multicultural StudiesThe Multicultural Studies track is designed to equip studentswith multicultural competency necessary for functioningeffectively in a multicultural age. The curriculum provides anunderstanding of multicultural dynamics as well as tools forcommunicating and participating in diverse contexts, whetherit be a professional, interpersonal, or activist context. Overall,courses examine contrasting perspectives and experiencesof different cultural groups, dominant historical legaciesthat figure prominently in contemporary cross-culturaldynamics, the relations between social ideologies and theinner landscape of individual consciousness, and the manyalternative paths individuals forge to build cross-culturalalliances and create nurturing community relations. Studentswill investigate the ways social categories such as race,ethnicity, nationality, class, gender, sexuality, and disabilityshape social relations at home and in global contexts. Theywill also have an opportunity to explore some of the creativepaths individuals are choosing to pursue their dreams forsocial justice, such as turning to spiritual practices and thearts as sources of inspiration for social transformation.Courses Units Prerequisite(s) Co-Requisite(s)Select TWO of the following6SEC 3115 Cross-Cultural Communication (3)SEC 3320 Intercultural Relations (3)SEC 4505 Making Race, Making Peace (3)SEC 4510 Living in a Global Village (3)Select TWO of the following6PHR 3405 World Religions (3)PYC 4220 Cross-Cultural Psychology (3)SCI 3500 Sustainability: Meaning and Practice (3)SCI 4320 Chinese Culture and Medicine (3)Total units required 12SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND LIBERAL ARTS 43