Applied Positive Neuroscience: Skills for Improving Productivity and Well-Being

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open to students with credit for Community Health Sciences 179. Intrapersonal, interpersonal, and extrapersonal contributions to well-being, and how activity and chemistry of key brain regions contribute to each, e.g. influences of mindfulness on prefrontal cortex activity, or how oxytocin system is altered by social interaction. Students learn to recognize relationship between cognitive, social, and emotional competence for healthy development, and how to apply it to their own lives. Through neuroscientific context, introduction to multidisciplinary perspectives on variety of topics that are widely considered significant maturational tasks for young adults, including emotion regulation, managing social relationships, enhancing productivity, and identity development. P/NP or letter grading.

Review Summary

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10.0 / 10
Organization
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Time
0-5 hrs/week
Overall
10.0 / 10

Reviews

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: A+

    This is a great class to take if you wanna improve your mental health. You experiment with 8 different ways to improve mental well-being and write daily logs about your experience. The class also focuses on neuroscience so take that into consideration. Not only do you have weekly assignments and exams you also need to write a paper. This workload is not the lightest but the class is worth it.

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2023 In-Person
    Grade: N/A

    Very easy take this class. online open book mcq midterms

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2023 In-Person
    Grade: A

    I loved this class! The material was super applicable to living a healthy lifestyle. We got to try many different lifestyle interventions throughout the quarter and see the effect on our mood, sleep, etc. The workload was super light -- mostly just a report due each week on that week's intervention which took less than 20 mins to write up, along with a final paper at the end. There was a midterm and a final, both online and open-note. If you take good notes during lecture you should be able to ace the exams without having to study. Overall, I highly recommend this course if you're looking for an easy GE that's actually useful.

Course

Instructor
Alexander Korb
Previously taught
24F 24S 23F 23S

Grading Information

  • No group projects

  • Attendance required

  • 1 midterm

  • 10th week final

  • 0% recommend the textbook

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