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Interested in educating your peers about Health and Wellness topics? Want to earn 3 credits while doing so?

Then register for HLTH 470: Special Topics; Peer Education course today!

This course is designed to teach students how to be effective peer educators. Students will gain hands on experience with understanding the peer education process as well as techniques for effective communication and peer support. The majority of the course is spent in outreach activities. This is a great course to build your resume, gain experience in program planning and implementation, and public speaking.

The course content will consist of theoretically-based skills and strategies associated with peer leadership in an academic support program.  The emphasis will be working with college students in the development in such areas as interpersonal relationships, health and wellness issues, stress management, alcohol and drugs, and leadership development.

If you have additional questions, please email Kirsten Roller at kroller@towson.edu