We are pleased to announce the Learning Sustainable Well-Being (LSW) program, a series of 1-unit, P/NP undergraduate courses (taught within one’s home department), aimed at educating students on how to improve their well-being. These experiential courses contribute to UC San Diego’s undergraduate mission by transforming the way preventative mental health can be accessed by students.
We are inviting ladder-rank or teaching faculty to express interest in teaching in the pilot course offering of the LSW program, “Compassion for Self and Others,” during the 2025-26 academic year, with training during summer 2025. This course was developed and tested in the UC San Diego Department of Psychology (see Frontiers 2023 article). It creates a unique classroom environment by teaching students the skills they need to improve their relationships with themselves and others through a combination of lectures, discussion and experiential exercises in a supportive class setting.
Requirements: Academic Senate faculty selected to teach the course must participate in a five-day training workshop in summer 2025 and commit to teaching the course twice during the 2025-26 academic year.
Compensation: Faculty will receive $3,500 in summer salary to attend the summer training and $1,500 in research funds for each offering of the course.
Learn More: To learn more about this one-year LSW pilot program, as well as obtaining further details regarding requirements for teaching in the program, please visit the Details for Professors information page.
Applications: Those interested in applying to teach in the LSW pilot program should fill out the program application. The deadline for applying is Nov. 1, 2024.
For additional information not included on the website on in the application, please contact the directors of the LSW Program, Karen Dobkins (kdobkins@ucsd.ed) or Janna Dickenson (jdickenson@ucsd.edu).
