The Science
of Happiness - Colleges
Overview of the
Program: Historically, pursuit of Happiness has been the oldest pursuit of
human kind. Once the survival was taken care of, this pursuit became even more
important. Today, we are the most comfortable generation on this planet with
the most advanced technology; communication and all kind of comforts, which
were once available to the royals, are now available to even the bottom of
pyramid. In spite of this upheaval, happiness and well being is continuously going
down. Depression is fastest becoming the number one killer in the world. There
are more people who are depressed than they were in The Great Depression 1929. All this while, the field of psychology has
placed a lot of attention on what’s wrong with people and what we can do to
treat disorders of the mind. More recently, however, the field has broadened
its scope to give more attention to the positive side of human nature and the
most effective ways to pursue the good life. This experiential course on Science
of Happiness focuses on the emotional well being development by examining
scientific research centered on the nature of happiness. Most of us live our
life on the basis of unconscious beliefs. These beliefs lead to the emotions
that lead to thinking that finally lead to all the actions we take (or we don’t
take) in our life. Our happiness is
completely dependent on our emotions, thoughts and actions and all of these are
dependent on the beliefs. Since all of these beliefs are formed unconsciously,
our happiness also becomes accidental. When something is accidental, it means
we have no control over it. So the major objective of the program is to give
the power of happiness by choice by helping you discover your unconscious
beliefs and replacing the disempowering beliefs with empowering one’s. Apart
from tools like gratitude, savoring, empathy, compassion to enhance positive
emotions and tools to deal with negative emotions, other major topics include
the nature of happiness, 4 P’s of Happiness, tools to deal with hindrances to
our happiness, Orbit of Life, “I” Constitution, My relationship with Failure
etc. It includes lot of experiential activities (individual & Group).
Each participant get a handbook created by Berkeley Well
Being, California which will be filled up by the participants during the
course.
Duration of
the Course: Depending on the need of the college, there are
different formats.
Minimum 2 Hours
1 Day
2 Days Crash Course
3 Months Certification Course
1 Year Diploma Course
Who is this for: All Under Grads & Post Grad Students
It can also be offered as Diploma Course.
EXAMS
Exams will consist of 50 multiple-choice questions drawn
from material in lecture and in the readings.
The first three exams are non-cumulative and will be held in
class.
An optional, fully cumulative final exam will be conducted
after the program. The final exam score may replace your lowest score of the
prior three, and is therefore an option for anyone who had to miss an exam
during the semester or for anyone who wishes to improve their overall grade in
the course. Only highest three exam scores count toward the final grade.
Therefore, if you have taken all three regular midterms during the semester,
taking the final cannot lower your overall grade.
