No Class: October 8

Courses about happiness have attracted throngs of students in colleges and universities across the country. Obviously there is interest and uncertainty among young people about what constitutes happiness. What do older people have to say about this important subject? This course examines this question using two books, Jonathan Haidt’s The Happiness Hypothesis and John Leland’s Happiness is a Choice You Make. The books disagree. Course members will read portions of each book. The instructor will summarize recent research, and course participants will be encouraged to do some research on their own. To facilitate discussion and participation, course enrollment is limited to 22.