EUniWell courses and training catalog: September 2025 selection

Online programs around psychology and wellbeing

How Does Stress Affect Experience and Behaviour?

This course is aimed at students from a variety of disciplines who wish to understand the effects of stress on human behavior and acquire practical strategies for managing stress. The aim is to provide participants with a sound understanding of the cognitive and biopsychological mechanisms related to acute and chronic stress, as well as to explore approaches for reducing negative behaviors associated with stress. The course examines the reciprocal effects of stress and behavior, focusing on:

• Fundamentals of stress: acute vs. chronic stress, stressors and stress responses
• Effects of stress on behavior: targeted themes such as addiction, emotional eating, social conflict or procrastination
• Cognitive and biopsychological mechanisms of stress effects (eg. stress hormones)
• Health-promoting behaviors: stress reduction through exercise, mindfulness, social support or nutrition
• Prevention and intervention: practical strategies for reducing everyday stress and their theoretical underpinnings
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Trauma in Mind and Society

This course explores trauma from both a clinical and social perspective, examining its causes, consequences, recovery processes as well as prevention approaches. We will discuss trauma-related disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), their diagnostic criteria and risk factors, as well as the neurobiological mechanisms underlying traumatic responses. Beyond individual experiences, the course also addresses collective trauma, transgenerational transmission and the effects of trauma on marginalized communities. Specific themes will be addressed, including migration and trauma, racism and psychological distress, as well as different therapeutic interventions, with a particular focus on narrative exposure therapy.
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Selected Topics in Psychoneuro-Immunology: Focus on Stress

This course examines contemporary themes in psychoneuro-immunology (PNI), with particular emphasis on the effects of stress on interactions between the immune, nervous and endocrine systems. Students will explore both basic research and the latest work on how psychological stress can influence immune functioning and contribute to both health and disease. The program will address the mechanisms that link the brain and the immune system, the biological pathways of stress and their implications for mental and physical health, all in the light of current research.
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Inalco's language MOOC

Quechua MOOC

This MOOC is a course in Southern Quechua, a language spoken by around 4.2 million people in southern Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile and Argentina. The course focuses on three variants of the language spoken in Peru and Bolivia, with an emphasis on intercomprehension between these variants. The program lasts 6 weeks. Each week begins with a video dialogue in Quechua, around which the pedagogical content is built. The course is organized into 5 modules, each following the same progression:

• Introduction to vocabulary (with audio and illustrations), followed by exercises designed to facilitate memorization.
• Grammatical explanations to understand the structure of the language.
• Exercises based on the initial dialogue to deepen comprehension.

Starting in week 3, an interview with a native Quechua speaker (subtitled in French, Spanish or English) immerses learners in Andean culture. Each week ends with exercises to assess progress. 
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Arabic MOOC

This MOOC offers an introduction to oral and written expression in the language common to the entire Arab world, Standard Arabic, as well as a dialect spoken in the Middle East and understood throughout the Arab world: the Syrian-Lebanese dialect. The course is organized around simple tasks corresponding to level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). At the end of this MOOC, you'll be able to greet people in a simple way, introduce yourself (name, address and telephone number, profession, origin, activity), fill in a simple form with your personal details (name, address, nationality, family situation), ask for directions, use basic polite expressions, book a room, order in a restaurant or make a purchase. You'll also learn to read and write the Arabic alphabet. In addition to language learning, the MOOC focuses on cultural aspects, essential for interacting with speakers in a respectful manner and understanding their customs and values.
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