PSYC 300 - The Pursuit of Happiness

Institution:

Washington and Lee University

Subject:

Psychology

Description:

Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of the instructor. Students examine and discuss the meaning and significance of happiness, explore pathways and barriers to happiness from scientific, theoretical, and philosophical perspectives, and engage in a thoughtful and proactive process of self-examination with regard to personal ideals, goals, and mechanisms of happiness. Students become immersed in experiential learning opportunities to sample potential pathways to well-being and contribute to the greater good through community service. PSYC 300:The Pursuit of Happiness; REL 205:Self Help and the Pursuit of Happiness; and SOC289: Sociology of the Self: Self-Help meet together each Friday in a seminar where students become teachers and lead a class in which we all discuss together the work we have done separately during the week. In this way, students become part of a broad learning community that cuts across the many disciplines and divisions that make up the university. Murdock.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wlu.edu/

Phone Number:

(540) 458-8400

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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