BMT-2700 Stress Management in the Workplace

Credits 3
This course provides students with an understanding of what stress is, what causes stress, how to recognize stress within themselves and in others, and strategies for managing stress in one’s personal life and within the workplace. Emphasis will be placed on stress within the workplace including developing skills, tools and techniques for stress management.
Prerequisite(s): Reading readiness
Course Outcomes

Examine the scientific foundations of stress and the causes of stress within the workplace.
Compare and contrast types of life-situations and their impact on stress management within the workplace.
Explain the various personality types and how they might contribute to stress within the workplace.
Analyze the various strategies for managing workplace stress.
Identify various physiological arousal and behavioral change interventions for managing stress.