Center for General Education and Core Curriculum, Tamkang 【Happiness Life】

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【Happiness Life】

Interdisciplinary Micro-Program

【Mission】

Complete happiness in life is multifaceted, encompassing aspects such as interpersonal relationships, living spaces, art appreciation, hobbies, and moral cultivation. This micro-course program covers these aspects with the aim of enhancing students' interdisciplinary integration abilities, nurturing STEAM talent, and establishing a foundation for holistic education. It encourages students to understand themselves and others from a psychological perspective, learn effective communication, and develop interpersonal skills for personal and professional life. Additionally, it guides students to gain a deeper understanding of the cultural context of their surroundings, leading them to contemplate how to create shared spaces of happiness for the community.

【Course Planning】

Students must complete at least one course in each of the three domains— “Foundational Interdisciplinary Studies,” “Thematic Issues,” and “Practical Orientation”—within their chosen micro-course program, for a total of at least four courses. Additionally, they must achieve passing grades in these courses to qualify for the issuance of the program certification.

Domain	Department Offering the Course	Course Name	Course Description
Foundational Interdisciplinary Studies	Philosophy and Religion (V Group)	PROFESSIONAL ETHICS	We will discuss several moral issues through actual examples in various careers, introducing the weight and the roles these issues play in our personal and professional lives. The aim of the course is to cultivate the ability and practice of reasonable thinking, communicating, and reasonable choices of the moral issues.
Foundational Interdisciplinary Studies	Arts Appreciation and Creation (M Group)	ART AND LIFE-DIALOGUE WITH THE GREAT ARTISTS	“Art & Life”, a series of art lectures concerning visual art, architecture and music, intending to enrich one’s cultural acknowledgement and to cultivate one’s character. In this course, we invite Taiwan famous artists to give talks to our students. Through sharing their works and life experiences, we hope this may bring to our students a broader cultural and international of viewpoint, furthermore, to elevate a student’s ability of critical thinking and the potential creativity in one’s mind.
Thematic Issues	Social Analysis (W Group)	INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP & COMMUNICATION	The purpose of this class is to teach students the basic knowledge of psychology and use it in daily life to inspire students’ interests in Psychology and enhance their understanding behaviors about other people, group, and themselves
Thematic Issues	Social Analysis (W Group)	PRINCIPAL OF PSYCHOLOGY	The purpose of this class is to teach students the basic knowledge of psychology and use it in daily life to inspire students’ interests in Psychology and enhance their understanding behaviors about other people group, and themselves.
Thematic Issues	Social Analysis (W Group)	THE SENSE AND SENSIBILITY TO HAPPINESS	Using a co-teaching approach, the course guides students through self-reflection and exploration through foundational courses in psychology, sociology, economics, and management. The planning of this course is a four-week self-study course. During these four weeks, students will be given various self-exploration information. With the help and guidance of the teacher, students can complete the proposal and share of the "Happiness Blueprint", allowing students to think about how to pursue a happier, more meaningful life.
Thematic Issues	Department of Architecture	STUDY ON URBAN SPACE	By exploring multilayer factors within urban spaces, the objective of the course is to understand and establish the diverse and good “Environment Attitude & Spatial Sense”.
Practical Orientation	Futures Studies (R Group)	FUTURES STUDIES IN SOCIETY- THE TREND OF SPORT CULTURE	Sports are not only physical competition on the field, but also business, entertainment, and cultural activities. This class is aimed to explore all aspects of sports and see the big trend for the future.
Practical Orientation	Arts Appreciation and Creation (M Group)	EUROPEAN CULTURE AND ART TOUR	This course introduces the artistic concepts from the Greek period to the present, as well as the differences in their development and changes. Through the sub-topics planned (such as "Understanding Art", "Classification of Art", "Art and Non Art", "Art Viewing and Appreciation", "Art and Aesthetics", and "Using Art as a Cognitive Approach"), understand how the visual culture of the representative period is closely related to history and culture, and the trend of thought of the times, so as to enhance the appreciation of European culture and art and aesthetic training.

【Happiness Life】Interdisciplinary Micro-Program

【Happiness Life】

Interdisciplinary Micro-Program

【Mission】

【Course Planning】