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The Statement of Purpose of Southern Wesleyan University declares, “The university seeks to create an atmosphere in which members of the community work together toward wholeness by seeking to integrate faith, learning and daily life.”
“We were confronted with where in the curriculum to address key learning outcomes,” said Dr. Keith Iddings, university provost. “We had four separate standalone courses: freshman seminar, lifetime fitness, marriage and family and Christian lifestyles. They were independent but not interrelated,” said Iddings, adding that faculty and staff developed a new program which would put those credit hours into a coherent package for students.
The result is the Personal Wholeness program, which integrates key learning outcomes as they relate to a student’s intellectual, physical, social/emotional and spiritual wholeness.
“This course adopts the philosophy that this isn’t a one-shot deal – it’s a lifelong process,” Iddings said.
Southern Wesleyan University pins its approach to wholeness on several key assumptions and understandings:
- Personal wholeness goes beyond academic disciplines; it is a holistic approach to successful living that begins with who students are becoming versus what they can do.
- Personal wholeness is a lifetime process and develops best within community.
- Personal wholeness requires a healthy integration of the physical, social, spiritual, intellectual and psychological parts of life.
- Critical thinking, appreciation for diversity and the development of the soul are necessary to become a loving, wise and positive contributor to a global society.
For this reason SWU tends to liken it to a journey—a journey toward wholeness.
More about the Personal Wholeness program
Personal Wholeness Resource List
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