Active participation in all lecture and laboratory sessions is expected of all students in the course, Conry said. Another course assignment studies stress across the life span. In this area, the students are required to review literature on childhood stress or stress and aging, then interview a child or older adult, according to professor Conry's proposed schedule. This course also gives students the opportunity to investigate potential stressors likely to be encountered in their chosen career by reviewing literature on stress and interviewing at least one person working in that profession. In the laboratory sessions, there is autogenic training, a relaxation technique where the individual gives conscious messages to various body parts to feel warm and heavy.
Mediation is also part of the course.
The course focuses on freshmen and transfer students but instructors encourage everyone to take the course.