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SOC 144

WELLBEING & SOCIETY

3-4 credits.

Investigate how society shapes our vision of a good life and our capability to live well by surveying classical and recent sociological perspectives. Examine how social contexts and interactions create our understandings of a good life, including why we consider some things to be valuable, moral, or pleasurable. Develop an understanding of ways our wellbeing is contingent upon the actions of others. Evaluate conventional wisdom and scientific claims about what it means to live well and apply these concepts in your own life.

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply sociological principles and research to explain how social processes shape cultural ideas about a good life and individuals’ life goals Audience: Undergraduate 2. Critically analyze assumptions undergirding common wisdom about wellbeing Audience: Undergraduate 3. Articulate how various domains of social life enhance or diminish wellbeing using social research Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess the relevance of the social phenomena to private psychological experiences Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply sociological principles and research to understand one’s impact on others’ wellbeing Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply sociological principles and research to explain how social processes shape cultural ideas about a good life and individuals’ life goals Audience: Undergraduate 2. Critically analyze assumptions undergirding common wisdom about wellbeing Audience: Undergraduate 3. Articulate how various domains of social life enhance or diminish wellbeing using social research Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess the relevance of the social phenomena to private psychological experiences Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply sociological principles and research to understand one’s impact on others’ wellbeing Audience: Undergraduate

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