Spring 2021: Personal Adjustment and the Science of Happiness — EDHS 4810

What does it mean to be normal, well-adjusted or happy? Examine the common conception of how people adjust to life. What are appropriate ways of being, and what behaviors are abnormal or deviant? Learn factors that influence psychological adjustment in normal human development and the relationship between adjustment and personal happiness. Includes study, self-examination, mindfulness, personal projects and the science of creating happiness.

 

3 Credits
Instructor: Timothy Rambo (tdr2z@virginia.edu)