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Syllabus & Readings

September 2, 2025

Happiness: Can it be Pursued?

Read Dalai Lama: The Sources of Happiness
Write response to Vonnegut assignment 

Class Agenda:    Discuss different perspectives on happiness

September 4, 2025

More Happiness

Read Nussbaum, Who is the Happy Warrior?

Class Agenda:    Discussion and in-class writing activity

September 25, 2025

Profile Workshop

Email rough draft of Profile Essay by midnight, 9/24 to
eric.klinger@colorado.edu
Agenda: Class Workshop on Zoom for Profile Essay
https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/2309488357

September 30, 2025

Happy Communities

Final Version of Profile Essay DUE by email, Wednesday 10.1
eric.klinger@colorado.edu
Read Research Questionnaire Assignment and Selingo, “Wanted in Students: Tolerating Ambiguity” and Buettner, “Designing Happy Communities”

 Agenda: Discuss model questionnaire using Buettner 
Class time with partner to work on Community Analysis assignment

October 2, 2025

Community Problem Solving

Gather and Read Sources
Agenda: Class Meeting on Zoom
https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/2309488357
Discuss sources with partner

October 7, 2025

Belongingness

  • Gather and read sources
  • Conduct interviews (if relevant to research topic)
Agenda
  • In-class source evaluation activity: Discuss source integration and citation
  • Class time with partner

October 9, 2025

No Class: Reading Day

No class—Midterms: Reading Day for Students

October 14, 2025

Presentation Prep

Agenda
  • Discuss presentations and effective proposals

October 16, 2025

No Class

No class - Instructor attending conference.

October 21, 2025

More Presentation Prep

Agenda
  • Discuss presentations and effective proposals

October 23, 2025

Workshop Presentations

  • Meet with student partner to work on presentation slides and content
Agenda
  • Workshop in class; student will bring slides on laptop or paper copies. Be prepared to discuss presentation with another student/community member pair

October 28, 2025

Aspirations & Experiences

Agenda
  • Discuss happiness and careers
  • The presentation schedule is announced

October 30, 2025

Presentations - Day One

Preparation
  • Work on the written proposal with partner
    Presenters: rehearse presentation
Agenda
  • -presentations by five pairs
    -Q&A at the end of class

November 4, 2025

Presentations - Day Two

Preparation
  • Work on the written proposal with partner
    Presenters: rehearse presentation
Agenda
  • -presentations by five pairs
    -Q&A at the end of class

November 6, 2025

Presentations - Day Three

Preparation
  • Work on the written proposal with partner
    Presenters: rehearse presentation
Agenda
  • -presentations by five pairs
    -Q&A at the end of class

November 11, 2025

Presentations - Day Four

Preparation
  • Work on the written proposal with partner
    Presenters: rehearse presentation
Agenda
  • -presentations by five pairs
    -Q&A at the end of class

November 13, 2025

Proposal Planning

 Preparation
  • Class Agenda
Discuss reading and Proposal Planning/Assignment

November 18, 2025

More Than Happy?

 Preparation
  • Class Agenda
Discuss readings and Portfolio Project

November 20, 2025

Proposal Workshop on Zoom

 Preparation
  • No preparation required for Community Members
  • Class Agenda
Class meets on Zoom for Proposal Workshop
https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/2309488357

December 2, 2025

Wrapping Up!

  • Class Agenda
Discuss readings.
What is revision? What have we learned this semester?

December 4, 2025

The Farewell Gathering

  • Preparation
    None required.
  • Class Agenda
Class meets at The Connection in the University Memorial Center (UMC) from 4:00-5:50 for a farewell gathering

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