#PS-03-17 The Path to Happiness and Good Quality of Life
About Course
Universidad de PalermoDescription
Discover happiness concepts that will improve your quality of life
Do you feel happy? What do you think about the quality of your life?
On this course, you’ll explore your answers to those questions as you learn about the concepts of quality of life and happiness – and the differences between the two.
You’ll consider how happiness can be affected by age and place, and explore the quality of life of young people, adults, and older adults.
You’ll also reflect on how today’s societies and where we live and work impact our everyday happiness, and learn the importance of knowing and using these concepts to improve your personal and professional life.
What topics will you cover?
- Concept of happiness
- Concept of quality of life
- Characteristics of today’s societies
- Social relations
- Quality of life of places where people live and work
- Children’s quality of life
- Young people`s quality of life
- Quality of life of adults
- Quality of life of older adults
Who will you learn with?
Doctor Political Science-Social worker. Professor of Quality of Life and Methodology. Director Master in Social Sciences, Universidad de Palermo. Editor International Handbooks of Quality of Life.
Who developed the course?
The University of Palermo is recognised as being among the most innovative universities in the world.
What Will I Learn?
- Identify the differences between happiness and quality of life
- Classify the places that improved your quality of life
- Compare the characteristics of quality of life and happiness of different population groups
- Interpret quality of life and happiness in different social contexts
- Summarise the benefits of having a better quality of life
- Apply happiness and quality of life concepts to your daily activities
Topics for this course
Do you feel happy? What do you think about the quality of your life?
Welcome to the course VIDEO (02:23)00:02:23
Reflecting on the quality of your life DISCUSSION
The subjective domain of quality of life
Towards a definition of quality of life
It was really awesome. Though I am from Bangladesh, I really liked every topic. I would like to join in the next course.