This course is designed to expose students to diverse approaches in the scientific study of health and happiness. In addition to introducing students to the scientific literature on these topics, the course will also teach students a variety of life skills, such as teamwork, developing social connections and “belongingness” at UNC, being physically active, and becoming confident that they can deploy evidence-based skills to increase their health and happiness, both in college and beyond. This is also a research-exposure course that aims to develop students’ data literacy to enable them to conduct their own scientific research. The three professors combine their intellectual resources and distinct disciplinary methods around topics related to the scientific study of happiness, assessed as both subjective and physical well-being.