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63891-01 - Lecture with practical courses: The Pursuit of Happiness. Cultivating Well-being in Challenging Times (2 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2022 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Eva De Clercq (eva.declercq@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Bernice Simone Elger (b.elger@unibas.ch) |
| Content | Inhalt (Summary of content): Happiness is trendy both in academic and popular culture—self-help books and websites guiding to the pursuit of happiness have proliferated over the last decade. This course will engage students in a multidisciplinary approach to well-being and happiness, spanning fields such as philosophy, psychology and neuro-science. Students will engage in a series of mini-experiments designed to increase their happiness and build resilience. In addition, students will be introduced to readings from great thinkers who have pondered the issue of happiness for centuries (e.g. how can we measure happiness, how do we define happiness and maybe more importantly how can we find it?). Our times of rapid changes, and uncertainty, raise these authors to a renewed importance. Ultimately students will be prepared to incorporate these well-being theories and tools into their personal and professional lives. |
| Learning objectives | Students will 1. Gain self-awareness about their strengths & make their personal future professional profile appear clearer 2. Become familiar with some philosophical and psychological approaches to well-being; 3. Understand the principles behind why specific activities might boost well-being; 4. Learn how to use well-being theories and tools to increase well-being in your personal and professional lives; 5. Learn how to think critically and how to contribute to making a class into a “community of inquiry” 6. Gain analytical and critical thinking skills and apply them documents and sources in the medical field and beyond |
| Admission requirements | The class is limited to 20 participants. |
| Course application | The maximum number of possible registrations has been achieved. Please do not register for this class any more |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| unregelmässig | See individual dates | ||
| Comments | The course will take place Online via Zoom on Tuesdays from 15:15 - 17:45, every two weeks. 1. March 15. March 29. March 12. April 26. April 10. Mai |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 22.02.2022 | 15.15-17.45 | --, -- |
| Modules |
Aufbaumodul (Teil D) (Transfakultäre Querschnittsprogramme im freien Kreditpunkte-Bereich) Basismodul (Teil A) (Transfakultäre Querschnittsprogramme im freien Kreditpunkte-Bereich) Doctorate Biomedical Ethics: Recommendations (PhD subject: Biomedical Ethics) Doctorate Nursing Science: Recommendations (PhD subject: Nursing Science) Electives Master Nursing: Recommendations (Master's Studies: Nursing) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | 1. Attendance (you can only miss one class) 2. Active class participation 3. Class readings 4. Personal mini-experiments or re-re-wirements: The experiments are called “rewirements” because they’re practices aimed at rewiring your habits. Research suggests that if you do these rewirements, you should get a boost in your overall well-being. Students will be asked to put some of these experiments (developed by psychologists) to the empirical test, by critically assessing the strengths and challenges of the interventions as well as the personal response you felt while completing them. Examples of experiments include: (1) finding your character strengths; (2) random acts of kindness; (3) meditation (4) Try an exercise in self- compassion (5) Mindful photography or music. For each experiment students will write a short written report of approx.250 words. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: teaching staff |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Medicine |
| Offered by | Institut für Bio- und Medizinethik |