The implementation of the proposed Lifetime Wellness curriculum into the current required Lifetime Fitness courses would benefit students — provided that it’s implemented well.
The proposed curriculum incorporates training similar to that of organizations such as Safe Zone, One Act, and HAVEN into LFIT classes.
These new topics would address the gap in formal student education about sexual assault, mental health and interpersonal violence.
To be sure, most students don’t take all that much away from their current LFIT classes. But the supplementary wellness curriculum would present a number of tangible benefits.
Not only would it open a dialogue for those uncomfortable to talk about these subjects on their own, it would also introduce every undergraduate to these valuable resources.
Though the structure of this new curriculum hasn’t yet been formulated, it is easy to see how it would fit into LFIT.
The current system of modules — interactive online homework assignments — could be supplemented by wellness modules created by experts from the relevant organizations.
