At last a degree for the glass half-empty types of the world.
Gone are the days when students were a dark brooding bunch, angry at the world and bemoaning the lack of job opportunities after their degree.
No, it seems students are all smiles these days, especially at the University of East London (UEL), where you can study for a postgraduate degree in how to be happy.
Beginning in February next year, Ilona Boniwell, one of Europe's leading positive psychologists, will lead the new MSc. The university already offers positive psychology as a module in the BSc (Hons) degree in psychology.
Dr Boniwell says: "In short, positive psychology is concerned not with how to alleviate misery, but with how to build up happiness."
Her happiness seems to be contagious. One of her students, Sue Browne, gushes: "My whole UEL degree has been great, but the positive psychology module has been absolutely fantastic - completely life-changing, It's changed the way I think and played a massive role in me finding employment with a wonderful charity organisation.
"Ilona's an amazing tutor, full of life and always positive and supportive - she definitely practices what she preaches. I'm really looking forward to starting the MSc and developing a career that allows me to do what I love best - helping people to live their lives well."
But if you can't see yourself spending two years studying to have a permanent smile on your face, you could start with Dr Boniwell's five top tips for positive living:
1. There is more to happiness than just feeling good
2. At least once a day do something you are really good at
3. Freedom is not about having more choice, but knowing when and how to choose
4. Take some time for you each day and finally
5. Look back at each day and find three things that went well- even if the Tube was delayed for the fifth day in a row, it's raining, no milk for coffee....
