The Science of Thriving (PUBH 1103)
Discover your strengths. Manage stress. Build meaningful connections. Thrive.
This course empowers students to understand and strengthen their capacity for resilience and well-being. Through evidence-based strategies and hands-on experiences, students learn to manage stress effectively, build positive relationships, and grow through life’s challenges.
What Is The Science of Thriving?
The Science of Thriving is a one-hour, graded course that explores both the research and practice of living well. Students engage in interactive learning and reflective exercises that enhance self-awareness, emotional regulation, and social connection.
Course topics include:
- Identifying and building on personal strengths
- Understanding the neurobiology of stress
- Cultivating resilience and growth after adversity
- Fostering health, self-compassion, and mindfulness
- Developing cognitive skills for managing challenges
- Building belonging, community, and purpose
Through writing, mindfulness, and applied research activities, students gain practical tools to navigate stress and transform challenges into opportunities for personal and academic growth.
Why Take The Science of Thriving?
College life can bring both opportunity and stress. High levels of stress can negatively affect learning, health, and the ability to fully engage in the Baylor experience. This course provides a foundation for academic success, personal well-being, and lifelong resilience by helping students:
- Identify and leverage their unique strengths
- Develop effective stress management strategies
- Strengthen social and community connections
- Cultivate habits of self-regulation and growth
Grounded in research on stress and thriving, the course offers practical exercises that promote emotional intelligence, social development, and adaptive skills for thriving in college, community, and career.
How to Enroll
PUBH 1103 — The Science of Thriving
Offered by the Department of Public Health in the Robbins College of Health & Human Sciences
Open to all Baylor students.