This time back has been created as a pilot for the learning community course: Is Happy a Hoax? This is a fully integrated, co-taught course in which students will learn the content of Introduction to Psychology and Composition 1 while focusing on the theme of happiness. Specifically, what should we do to be happy?
Although the idea of self care has become very popular on social media as a way to increase happiness, the best research shows us that finding purpose and creating meaningful relationships is what truly makes us happy. This is where time banking comes into play. We will track students' participation as well as their reactions to the time banking experience. If time banking is successful in promoting well-being, this will become a regular part of our course and may even grown throughout our college.