Course Description
Skills You Will Learn
- Risk Prevention
- Sexual Harassment Awareness
- Social Influences
What You'll Learn
- Identify healthy and unhealthy relationships across contexts such as marriage, dating, friendships, and employer-employee interactions
- Understand the importance of consent
- Apply skills to reduce your risk of becoming a victim of sexual assault
- Recognize your role as a responsible bystander, including intervention and support
- Locate support resources available for sexual assault victims
Key Takeaways
- Sexual assault and rape can happen to anyone, anywhere, and in all contexts, including marriage, dating relationships, friendships, child-parent/adult interactions, employer-employee relationships, and interactions with strangers.
- Consent is a central concept the course emphasizes for understanding healthy interactions.
- The course teaches skills to reduce the risk of becoming a victim of sexual assault.
- Bystanders have a role to play through intervention and support.
- Support is available for sexual assault victims.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is designed for anyone, since sexual assault and rape can happen to anyone, anywhere, and in all contexts including marriage, dating relationships, friendships, child-parent/adult interactions, employer-employee relationships, and interactions with strangers.
What will I learn in this course?
You will learn to identify healthy and unhealthy relationships, understand the importance of consent, gain skills to reduce your risk of becoming a victim, and understand your role as a bystander.
What topics does the course cover?
Lessons cover an introduction, identifying healthy and unhealthy relationships, the importance of consent, sexual violence statistics on U.S. campuses, support for sexual assault victims, risk reduction and prevention, the responsible bystander's intervention and support, and a conclusion.
What skills does this course build?
The course builds skills in risk prevention, sexual harassment awareness, and understanding social influences.
