# The Course

### General Information

**Every Hub student begins with HDFS 108N: *****Art and Science of Human Flourishing**,***

** our three-credit undergraduate course. **It's open to all Penn State students and fulfills a General Education requirement.

   

### About the Course

**The heart of this course isn't abstract theory... it's you. **Drawing from developmental science, contemplative practice, philosophy, and the humanities, we explore what it means to live a flourishing life and how to intentionally cultivate it.

  	Throughout the semester, you'll:

- Learn the science of attention, stress, relationships, and well-being.
- Practice mindfulness and other evidence-based contemplative practices
- Develop your own understanding of what a flourishing life looks like, and how you want to live it.

   

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## Wanna Dive Deeper?

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We've been researching the program from all angles, effectiveness during COVID, different teaching styles, and how it impacts the students who take it. 

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## What's Next?

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We're now co-designing the curriculum with high school educators and preparing to pilot the course in partner schools. Those pilots will lay the foundation for a
larger evaluation across several high schools in the Pittsburgh region.

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## Our Penn State Flourishing Teaching Team:

Blake Colaianne, Molly Countermine, Marly Doty, Sebrina Doyle Fosco, Laura Evans

   

## Core Contributors to the Course Development and Research:

Robert Roeser, Mark Greenberg, Blake Colaianne, Gabriela Winqvist, Richard Davidson, Matthew Hirsberg, Abra Vigna. Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas, David Germano. Brooke Lavelle