Educators:

Looking for innovative health and wellness course materials?

We offer an online curriculum that equips students with knowledge and skills to live healthy lives during college and beyond.

As fellow educators, we recognize significant time and resources are needed to develop high‐quality online course materials. We help by providing:

Comprehensive Curriculum

Innovative
Learning Technology

Cost‐Effective Licensing

By offering this class, the university is investing in students’ health and ultimately helps them succeed. I am a better, more capable person as a result of enrolling in this course and participating.

—Success Over Stress student

... I’m hard-pressed to name another class I’ve taken that has taught me so much about the real world around me, and given me tools to use in everyday life.

—Alcohol & College Life student

Because of this course I’ve actually begun to set health related goals instead of just wanting to be more healthy, but not knowing how to go about it.

—Sleep, Eat & Exercise student

I have never had a class that was so inclusive until now, it was wonderful.

—Sexuality Matters student

I liked that the course readings were interactive. It helped me comprehend the information better.

—Success Over Stress student

I really changed my mindset around my relationship with my phone and other tech devices. I view them as neither good nor bad things, but that I can use them in positive and negative ways for my wellbeing.

—Personal Tech & Wellbeing student

Health and Wellness Curriculum

Alcohol & College Life

Insight for all students to balance social life and academics and make safe decisions

Personal Tech & Wellbeing

Strategies and skills to support wellbeing in the Digital Age

Sexuality Matters

Skills necessary to create healthy relationships, advocate for sexual health, and foster inclusivity

Sleep, Eat & Exercise

Self‐care and time management strategies to prioritize a healthy and balanced lifestyle

Success Over Stress

Tools to recognize symptoms and develop strategies to proactively prevent and manage stress

Preview the Online Module Features*

*Rothenberger Institute modules use adaptive learning technologies powered by Link opens in a new windowCogBooks

Flexible Implementation Options

Each offering within our health and wellness curriculum was designed as an entirely online, 1‐credit, elective undergraduate course. Here are some other ways you could use our materials:

online component of a hybrid/blended course
assigned eTextbook for an existing course
component of a 2, 3, or 4‐credit course
custom combination of selected modules from the curriculum
first‐year experience or college success course
component of a program or graduation requirement
component of a college‐prep or readiness program

"I am teaching this class as a ’blended’ class, which I love! This is the best of both worlds for me - personal face-to-face contact, and an outstanding curriculum!" —Instructor at Vermilion Community College

Why Educators Adopt Our Curriculum

Confidence In The Curriculum

From a top-ranked
school of public health
Theory‐based and evidence‐informed
Accurate and up‐to‐date
Learner-centered and inclusive
Aligned learning objectives, content, and assessments
Assignments that foster critical thinking, problem‐solving, and skill‐building

"U of M has developed an online course with all the bells and whistles – truly amazing. But the main reason we teach it is because research also shows that this class is one of the very few educational programs/courses that actually changes students' behavior." —Instructor at Vermilion Community College

Innovative Learning Technology

Engaging and easy‐to‐navigate online modules accessible 24/7 from a desktop, laptop, or mobile device
Customized school branding and instructor information
Materials compatible with any LMS
Universal design for diverse learning preferences and abilities

"The strength of the course for me was the CogBooks modules because I liked being able to listen to them and they also made learning easier and more structured." —Sleep, Eat & Exercise student

Time
Savings

Sample course syllabus and schedule
Quiz question banks
Ready‐to‐use assignments
Technical support
Exceptional customer service

"Like the course title, ’Success Over Stress,’ this experience has been great. We needed to broaden our offerings, and we were up and running with the comprehensive content and assessments. The customer support has been exceptional." —Instructor at Mineral Area College

Course evaluation data from academic year 2017‐2018

97% of students would recommend the course to others. Word of mouth is our #1 mode of recruitment.

"I loved this course and am so happy that I took it and will surely recommend it to others. This course has provided me with so many great resources that will help me long after my time as an undergraduate student. Thank you for a fantastic semester!" —Success Over Stress student

The U of MN’s Office of Institutional Research used propensity score matching techniques to match pairs of first‐year U of MN – Twin Cities students on gender, race/ethnicity, age, Pell grant receipt, first‐generation status, living in dorms, athlete status, college of enrollment, ACT scores, number of credits earned, participation in freshman seminars, participation in Honors, and participation in the President’s Emerging Scholars program (2015).

The odds of a first‐year student who took one of our courses returning for a second year of study was 10.9 times the odds of a first‐year student who didn’t take one of our courses.

Course evaluation data from academic year 2017‐2018

98% of students indicated improvement in behaviors related to the course topics.

"It definitely changed some of my behaviors towards alcohol and my college life (in a good way)." —Alcohol & College Life student

Our Package and Pricing

Course Materials

Customized online modules/eTextbook
Quiz question banks
Assignment templates
Sample course syllabus and schedule

Implementation Materials And Customer Support

Educator consultation and support
Tech Help Website for student support
Marketing templates to generate student interest and enrollment

Pricing

Each of our standard courses costs $65 per student. The cost of a customized version depends on the number of modules selected. We can accommodate a variety of payment methods, depending on what works best for your institution and students.

Additional Services

We offer additional course customization and service options, such as providing a campus‐specific resource page or building your course site in your LMS for you. If you have other special requests, we will be happy to discuss them.

Contact Us to Learn More

Schools and Organizations We’ve Served

Anoka‐Ramsey Community College Century College Inver Hills Community College Mineral Area College Minnesota State University Moorhead

University of California, Irvine University of Minnesota, Crookston University of Minnesota, Duluth University of North Carolina ‐ Asheville University of North Dakota

University of Wisconsin ‐ Whitewater Vermilion Community College Urban Ed Academy

Over 50,000 students have taken our health and wellness courses.

Notable Awards

Link opens in a new window2018 Minnesota eLearning Summit Innovation Excellence Award
Link opens in a new windowOnline Learning Consortium’s Effective Practice Award
Link opens in a new windowACHA’s Best Professional Practice Poster Award
Link opens in a new windowUniversity of Minnesota’s Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life Leadership & Service Award
Link opens in a new windowThe BACCHUS Initiatives of NASPA’s Innovative Use of Technology Award
Link opens in a new windowE‐Learn World Conference on E‐learning’s Outstanding Poster Award
Link opens in a new windowOutstanding Public Health Impact Award

About The Rothenberger Institute

The Rothenberger Institute was founded in 2011 to carry on the legacy of Jim Rothenberger. He was a faculty member of the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health from 1972 to 2008 and a recipient of the University’s highest honor for teaching—the Morse‐Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award. He was not only a beloved teacher and colleague, but also a pioneer in online learning and curriculum licensing—not to mention the mastermind behind our Alcohol & College Life course.

Housed within the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, the Rothenberger Institute team includes health educators, wellness coaches, instructional designers, media specialists, evaluators, and peer educators. We promote healthy, safe, and thriving college communities beyond our own campus by partnering with educators and administrators across the nation through cost‐effective licensing of our curriculum.

Learn about our commitment to inclusion and universal design.