Wellness Credits

Join one of our wellness credits to learn more about interfaith engagement, build leadership skills, and explore your own religious, spiritual, and secular experiences and questions.

Visual Interfaith Storytelling

Register for this WE course to engage with the practice of Interfaith Photovoice, exploring what beliefs, practices, and values look like in everyday life by sharing pictures in community. The cohort meets on Wednesday afternoons in the Winter.

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Intro to Interfaith Leadership

Register for this WE course to learn about a variety of religious and spiritual traditions while exploring your own commitments and questions! The cohort meets on Wednesday afternoons in the Fall.

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Being of Service

Volunteering isn’t just a good deed—it’s a proven boost to your health, sense of purpose, and social connections. The “Being of Service” wellness course blends interdisciplinary discussion of service with hands‑on community projects so you can experience those benefits firsthand.

Learn more: Inspired by liberation-theology thinker Leonardo Boff's reminder that "it's not enough to want to do good; one must actually do good," this course explores religious and philosophical perspectives on service. Through a mix of short lectures, student-led reflections, and conversations with local social-service professionals, you'll discover how volunteering cultivates wellbeing, builds life skills, and strengthens relationships. You'll then design and carry out your own service by volunteering in the Upper Valley as well as finding meaningful ways to support friends and family. (Please note: Weeks 4 and 5 may meet at a different time than the regular course schedule to accommodate service activities.)

Offered during the fall term. You can find the course here: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/wecredit/current-course-offerings/.

Introduction to Buddhist Practice for Wellbeing

Explore Buddhism as both a rich spiritual tradition and see how this can also be a source of wellbeing. This course pairs hands-on meditation experience with guided reflection and expert lectures to deepen your understanding of mind, self, and practice.

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Introduction to Buddhist Practice for Wellbeing invites students to engage with Buddhism as a method of self-discovery while situating it within its historical and philosophical context. A core component of the course is direct meditative practice—four hours spent with visiting Plum Village monastics, plus two additional hours of self-arranged, directed meditation sessions on campus. Rounding out the course, lectures from Dartmouth professors from the Religion Department will introduce the history and modern significance of Buddhist meditation, religion, and philosophy.

Offered during the spring term. When offered, you can find the course here: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/wecredit/current-course-offerings/.