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Apr 25, 2024
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◆ PSY 231 - Positive Psychology (GT-SS3)3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Accuplacer Sentence Skills (SS) score of 95 or higher and Reading Comprehension (RC) score of 80 or higher; or Next Generation Accuplacer Writing scores 246 or higher; or equivalent ACT/SAT scores; or passed CCR-092, CCR-092C, CCR-093, CCR-094, or ENG-090 with a grade of C- or higher.
Focuses on human strengths rather than the traditional view of psychology that tends to focus on the worst of human nature. This course is designed to explore strengths-based research, concepts of happiness, helpfulness, and resiliency. The research and theories about human nature will go beyond simply not being mentally ill as a form of mental health, which will include optimism, post-traumatic growth, and how to increase emotional, psychological and social functioning. Overall, this course will be focuses on understanding one’s own sense of life satisfaction and how to further improve well-being. This course is approved as part of the Colorado Statewide Guaranteed transfer curriculum: GT-SS3.
LEC 45 Contact hours
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