グローバル教養科目（Cultivating Well-being on the University Campus）

University education offers myriads of exciting opportunities and experiences for students; but it is also true that navigating college life can occasionally become challenging and overwhelming. Most university students spend a considerable amount of time on campus. Yet most university campuses are not envisioned as spaces to alleviate stress and improve the well-being of students nor the whole university community (faculty, researchers, staff). There is solid evidence showing that contact with nature can have a positive effect on our physical and mental health, particularly local greenspace for city dwellers. Some urban university campuses, such as Hongo and Komaba at the University of Tokyo, are rich in natural landscapes despite being located within highly urbanized areas. How can the university community re-envision their campus environments as spaces to foster well-being throughout student/professional campus life? The main objective of this course is to provide students at the University of Tokyo with an opportunity to re-discover their campus as a unique local ecosystem of natural and human-made elements that can foster emotional and physical health.