The course content includes discussion of the following topics:
■ Cultural heritage and its contribution to health/HEALTH beliefs and practices ■ Diversity, demographic and economic, existing in contemporary society
1Capstone courses are university courses, coordinated in the Theology Department of Boston Col- lege and open to senior students throughout the university. A Capstone Seminar is an intensely personal experience for seniors and is just as intensely a shared experience with their peers and professor. The seminar is kept to about 15 students to promote that sharing. The format of the seminar combines a deep exploration of the self with a disciplined academic exercise in substantive reading, writing, and discussion. Each seminar prompts the student to look both backward and for- ward. It asks, “What have you made of your Boston College education? What has it made of you?” It also inquires, “How will you carry out the lifelong commitments you have begun to envision?” These questions go to the heart of the seniors’ concerns. Thus, Capstone Seminars provide a place where students can ponder ultimate questions within a community of discourse. 2HEALTH used in this manner connotes the balance of the person, both within one’s being—physical, men- tal, and spiritual—and in the outside environment—natural, familial and communal, and metaphysical.
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■ Health care providers’ and patients’ ways of understanding the mainte- nance, protection, and restoration of health/HEALTH and illness/ILLNESS and related problems
■ Cultural and institutional factors that affect the patients’ access to and use of health care resources
Course Purpose and Process Capstone courses are designed to provide you with the opportunity to reflect upon and integrate your education and life experiences in preparation for your future life. This course aims at studying spirituality, the duties of citizenship, vocation/career, education, and personal relationships through the lenses of HEALTH and holistic living.