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Positive Psychology Specialization Project: Design Your Life for Well-being

You are encouraged to take the first four courses of the Foundations of Positive Psychology Specialization before starting this course and completing the Specialization Project. This course, taught by Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman brings all the key concepts from the first four courses to practice as you develop and test a new positive intervention for an audience of your choice. You identify opportunities in your daily life to increase the wellbeing by using knowledge you developed in the first four courses of the Specialization. In this final project, you evaluate the efficacy of a positive intervention based on subjective and objective measures. Then, you compare how empirical and non-empirically-based positive interventions can be applied to influence a person's wellbeing. Lastly, you reflect on how the fundamental elements of research methods are important in the everyday application of positive psychology. After completing all five courses, learners earn a certificate signed by Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman, Dr. James Pawelski, Dr. Angela Duckworth, Dr. Claire Robertson-Kraft and Dr. Karen Reivich.

Status: Optimism
Status: Research Design
Course13 hours

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RD

4.0Reviewed Oct 6, 2021

Great integration module. I would give a 5/5 if there had been more explicit alignment between the assignment descriptors and the rubric.

YA

5.0Reviewed Mar 11, 2018

A thought provoking workshop. How mental illness can be the lack, opposite or excess of our strengths. I enjoyed delving more into strengths and also having to come up with a positive intervention.

K

5.0Reviewed Aug 27, 2017

The full specialization was amazing! I have learnt a lot, I have flourished, I have got a lot of inspirations for my private and work life. Thank you.

LC

5.0Reviewed Mar 5, 2018

An excellent course! Enjoyed my learning, understanding and most importantly, applying the concepts and tools for designing my life for Well-being.

BB

5.0Reviewed Jun 14, 2020

A great introductory course in the science of Positive Psychology that sets a solid foundation for exploring the field further.

ST

5.0Reviewed Jun 11, 2020

Very enlightening perspective on well being! learnt a lot of new concepts and interventions which are implementable in the real wordl.

CR

5.0Reviewed Jan 2, 2021

It made me clerar how to design and implement a scientific positive intervention, and how to measure to improve better my professional outcomes.

DW

5.0Reviewed Oct 13, 2022

I​ COMPLETED THE COURSE AND IT WAS EXCELLENT. HOW WILL I RECEIVE MY CERTIFICATE. THANK YOU, DANIEL ROBERT WILLIAMS Ph.D

OS

5.0Reviewed Jul 4, 2017

Being the final project of the specialization, the course exposes learners to the practical application of the course concepts. Great course indeed

MP

5.0Reviewed Feb 25, 2020

This course has really helped me in increasing the well being in my life. I am grateful to the creators of this specialization. Thank you!

LA

5.0Reviewed Jun 22, 2020

Excellent--I really enjoyed this course and was able to come up with some practical ways to continue being resilient in the future

OF

5.0Reviewed Mar 24, 2019

It was very important not only personally but professionally be able to work in a positive intervention and all the lectures helped a lot.

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