REC 258 - Mindfulness, Meditation, Spirituality, and Creativity in Recreation Therapy

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-3B; Diversity
This course introduces the diversity in mindfulness, meditation, spirituality, and creativity techniques used in Recreation Therapy. Examination of the therapeutic ideas and theories behind the intellectual and traditions of diverse cultural groups will be discussed. In addition, historical, linguistic, literary, philosophical, and rhetorical approaches & methods in recreation therapy will also be examined.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-3B - Arts and Humanities (Humanities), Overlay - Diversity
Possible Instructional Methods: Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Summarize the cultural and historical contexts of the humanities in various cultural groups of genders, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism within recreation therapy.
Explain the impact of the humanities on diverse cultural groups in genders, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism using mind and body techniques in recreation therapy.
Describe the ways that diverse identities in genders, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism influence mindfulness experiences in humanities including efforts and strategies to combat the effects of oppressive structures within recreation therapy.

GE-3B. Humanities Learning Outcomes

Evaluate the impact of the humanities on your life.
Examine the cultural and/or historical context(s) of the humanities.
Describe the ways that diverse identities influence experiences in the humanities.

Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes

Describe the histories and/or experiences of one or more U.S. cultural groups, and the resilience and agency of group members.
Identify structures of oppression and the diverse efforts and strategies used by U.S. cultural groups to combat the effects of oppressive structures.
Analyze the intersection of categories of race and gender as they affect U.S. cultural group members lived realities and/or as they are embodied in personal and collective identities.
Recognize the way that multiple differences (including, e.g., gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, gender expression, color/phenotype, racial mixture, linguistic expression, and/or age) within U.S. cul