Spring 2021
PSYCH C162 001 - LEC 001
Human Happiness
Dacher Keltner
Jan 19, 2021 - May 07, 2021
Mo, We
11:00 am - 11:59 am
Internet/Online
Class #:26294
Units:3
Instruction Mode:
Pending Review
Offered through
Psychology
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
3
Enrolled: 147
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 150
Waitlist Max: 0
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
2 hours of instructor presentation of course materials, 6 hours of outside work hours, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material.
Final Exam
TUE, MAY 11TH
07:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Other classes by Dacher Keltner
Course Catalog Description
This course will take an interdisciplinary approach to an understanding of happiness. The first part of the course will be devoted to the different treatments of happiness in the world's philosophical traditions, focusing up close on conceptions or the good life in classical Greek and Judeo-Christian thought, the great traditions in East Asian thought (Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism), and ideas about happiness that emerged more recently in the age of Enlightenment. With these different perspectives as a framework, the course will then turn to treatments of happiness in the behavioral sciences, evolutionary scholarship, and neuroscience. Special emphasis will be given to understanding how happiness arises in experiences of the moral emotions, including gratitude, compassion, reverence and awe, as well as aesthetic emotions like humor and beauty.
Class Notes
This class will be held remotely and synchronously. This holds true for both the lecture and the discussion sections. No Time Conflict enrollment is allowed. The lecturers will be recorded.
****Due to a system glitch in the enrollment software campus uses, cross-listed classes in the Ps.. show more
****Due to a system glitch in the enrollment software campus uses, cross-listed classes in the Ps.. show more
This class will be held remotely and synchronously. This holds true for both the lecture and the discussion sections. No Time Conflict enrollment is allowed. The lecturers will be recorded.
****Due to a system glitch in the enrollment software campus uses, cross-listed classes in the Psychology department will be handled differently moving forward. Instead of the regular Phase I class setup of open seats (reserved for Psych majors) and a waitlist (for all other students), ALL seats in Phase I will be on the waitlist.
At the end of Phase I, Psychology students will be prioritized and enrolled into the class.
As in other semesters, Psychology will make additional seats available in Phase II for all students. If you make it on the waitlist (Phase I or II), there is a very good chance you will get into the class barring conflicts, holds, and unit cap maximums. show less
****Due to a system glitch in the enrollment software campus uses, cross-listed classes in the Psychology department will be handled differently moving forward. Instead of the regular Phase I class setup of open seats (reserved for Psych majors) and a waitlist (for all other students), ALL seats in Phase I will be on the waitlist.
At the end of Phase I, Psychology students will be prioritized and enrolled into the class.
As in other semesters, Psychology will make additional seats available in Phase II for all students. If you make it on the waitlist (Phase I or II), there is a very good chance you will get into the class barring conflicts, holds, and unit cap maximums. show less
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Philosophy & Values, L&S Breadth
Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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