PhD in Happiness
Studies
Shaping the Future of Leadership
This degree is offered in partnership with Centenary University. Centenary University has a rich 150-year tradition of providing high quality liberal arts and professional studies courses while helping students gain the know-how and skills they need to prosper in today's world.
PhD in Happiness Studies
The PhD in Happiness Studies prepares its graduates to play a central role in the happiness revolution by engaging in research, teaching, and practice.
By engaging in rigorous research and meaningful application, they are not just advancing knowledge but reimagining how flourishing influences individual wellbeing, societal progress, and global transformation.
This program seeks those who aspire to make a difference in diverse contexts—from government to education, from business to academia.
This degree is offered in partnership with Centenary University. Centenary University has a 150-year tradition of providing high quality liberal arts and professional studies while helping students gain the skills and connections they need to prosper in today's world.
Fully Accredited
Course Overview
Over the first three years, students will take courses in each of the following categories: Research, Teaching Skills, Human Flourishing, and Leadership.
Towards the end of the second year, students will begin to work on their dissertation, and in year four they will dedicate their entire time to the completion of the dissertation.
• Research Methods (3 credits)
• The Positive Classroom (3 credits)
• Readings on Flourishing I (3 credits)
• InSPIREd Leadership (3 credits)
• Heroic Journeys (3 credits)
• Heroic Teachers, Heroic Students (3 credits)• Univariate Statistics (3 credits)
• Teaching Happiness in Academia (3 credits)
• Readings on Flourishing II (3 credits)
• Academic Leadership (3 credits)
• Dissertation Seminar (6 credits)• Multivariate Statistics (3 credits)
• Teaching Happiness @ Large (3 credits)
• Readings on Flourishing III (3 credits)
• Ethical Leadership (3 credits)
• Dissertation Advisement I (6 credits)• Dissertation Advisement II (6 credits)
• Dissertation Advisement III (6 credits)
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