PSY130 Human Performance & Resilience
This course equips students with an evidence-informed mental skills toolbox to improve focus, emotional regulation, stress tolerance, teamwork, and recovery in physically rigorous and high-stakes contexts (e.g., military, police/fire, EMS/rescue, rescue diving, wilderness response). Students build a personal performance plan synchronized with their concurrent PT training, practice mental skills in “pressure” scenarios, and demonstrate growth through verified drills, reflections, and a final applied intervention for self or a team.
Credits: 3
Student learning outcomes
- Explain core human performance principles (stress response, attention, motivation, habit formation, resilience) and apply them to tactical/rigorous career contexts.
- Demonstrate a functional mental skills toolkit (self-regulation, self-talk, imagery, routines, attentional control) during training sessions and simulated stress events.
- Use data (training logs + short psych skill measures + recovery indicators) to evaluate performance trends and adjust a personal resilience plan.
- Apply team resilience skills (communication under stress, cohesion habits, after-action reviews) to improve group outcomes in a cohort/cadet setting.