HIST366
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History and Practice of Mindfulness in U.S. Healthcare, Education, Business
History
College of Liberal Arts
Course Subject Code
HIST
Course Number
366
Status
Active
Course Attributes
BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, DVUS: GenEd-Diversity US, EMRE: Major-Religion Elective, ENRE: Minor-Religion Elective, MREL: Major-Religion, NREL: Minor-Religion, PPD: GenEd-Power/Privilege/Diff, REL, WRIT: GenEd-Writing Intensive
Course Short Title
Mindfulness in the U.S.
Course Long Title
History and Practice of Mindfulness in U.S. Healthcare, Education, Business
Course Description
Mindfulness – everybody’s talking about it, from book clubs to business leaders to wellness gurus. What is it, and why is it prominent in American culture now? Investigate the cultural transformations of the theory and practice of mindfulness from its historical Buddhist roots to its popular currency today in the domains of healthcare (medical, neuroscience, psychology), education (K-12+), and business (marketing, leadership, corporate identity). Critical exploration includes mindfulness as a discipline of body and mind; as a transformative process that has been widely adopted across fields; as a product that can be marketed differentially; and as a site of debate in terms of the claims made about its effectiveness in context-specific creative breakthrough, decision-making acuity, and enlightened behavior.
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