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Degree Requirements
Students choose the History of Religions concentration or the Tibetan Tradition concentration.
Requirements for MA Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: History of Religions
| First year, fall |
| REL 600 |
Meditation Practicum I (3) |
| REL 611 |
The First Turning of the Wheel: Nature of Mind and Emotions (3) |
| REL 645 |
Methods and Issues in the Study of Religion (3) |
| REL 647 |
The Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma, Sangha (3) |
| SUBTOTAL 12 |
| First year, spring |
| REL 620 |
Meditation Practicum II (3) |
| REL 650 |
Dathun: Monthlong meditation Intensive* (noncredit) |
| REL 661 |
The Second Turning of the Wheel: The Bodhisattva Path (3) |
| One Course from Religious Studies Course List (3) |
| One Dharma Elective (3) |
| SUBTOTAL 12 |
| Second year, fall |
| REL 635 |
Meditation Practicum III: Maitri and Mandala (3) |
| REL 701 |
The Middle Way School (3) |
| REL 710 |
The Third Turning of the Wheel (3) |
| One Contemplative Practice Elective (3) |
| SUBTOTAL 12 |
| Second year, spring |
| REL 751 |
Buddhism in Tibet (3) |
| REL 760 |
Vajrayana: Symbol, Iconography and Ritual (3) |
| REL 885 |
Master’s Paper/Project (noncredit) |
| One Contemplative Practice Elective (3) |
| SUBTOTAL 9 |
| TOTAL CREDITS 45 |
| Religious Studies Courses List |
| REL 525 |
Contemplative Christianity (3) |
| REL 529 |
Foundations of Judaism: Torah, Prayer and Acts of Kindness (3) |
| REL 530 |
Contemplative Hinduism (3) |
| REL 535 |
Intro to Jewish Mysticism (3) |
| REL 540 |
Zen Buddhism (3) |
| REL 545 |
Contemplative Islam (3) |
| REL 546 |
Buddhism in America (3) |
| REL 585 |
Spiritual Models of Social Action (3) |
| REL 608 |
The Life and Teachings of Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche (3) |
| REL 623 |
Religious Experience in Africa: Sacred Cosmos, Ritual and Community (3) |
| REL 625 |
Biblical Literatures: Prayer and Prophecy (3) |
| REL 626 |
Topics in Judaism: Feminine Principle (3) |
| REL 634 |
Hindu Yoga-Tantra (3) |
| REL 676 |
Contemplative Jewish Practice (3) |
| REL 749 |
Contemporary American Religion (3) |
| Dharma Electives |
| REL 540 |
Zen Buddhism (3) |
| REL 546 |
Buddhism in America (3) |
| REL 608 |
The Life and Teachings of Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche (3) |
| REL 614 |
Mind and Its World I (3) |
| REL 628 |
Studying Buddhism: Methods and Issues (3) |
| REL 653 |
Self and No-Self: Analytical Meditation and Experience (3) |
| Contemplative Practice Electives |
| REL 540 |
Zen Buddhism (3) |
| REL 571 |
Centering Prayer as Christian Contemplation (3) |
| REL 609W |
Mindfulness Instructor Training I **(3) |
| REL 653 |
Self and No-Self: Analytical Meditation and Experience (3) |
| REL 690W–795W |
Shambhala Training I–XII (1) |
| REL 709W |
Mindfulness Instructor Training II ** (1) |
| REL 780 |
Mudra Space Awareness (3) |
| REL 809W |
Mindfulness Instructor Training III ** (1) |
*It is highly recommended that students complete the noncredit dathun requirement (REL 650) by the winter break between the fall and spring semesters of their first year, or at the latest during the summer following their firs year.
**These courses must be taken in sequence.
Requirements for MA Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Tibetan Tradition
| First year, fall |
| REL 600 |
Meditation Practicum I (3) |
| REL 614 |
Mind and Its World I (3) |
| REL 628 |
Studying Buddhism: Methods and Issues (3) |
| REL 639 |
Analytical Meditation (1) |
| SUBTOTAL 10 |
| First year, spring |
| REL 620 |
Meditation Practicum II (3) |
| REL 624 |
Mind and Its World II (3) |
| REL 650 |
Dathun: Monthlong Meditation Intensive* (noncredit) |
| REL 653 |
Self and No-Self: Analytical Meditation and Experience (3) |
| SUBTOTAL 9 |
| First year, summer |
| Tibetan Tradition students will attend Nitartha Institute** and register for: |
| REL 705 |
The Mind Only School (noncredit) |
| REL 720 |
Buddha Nature and Shentong Traditions (noncredit) |
| Second year, fall |
| REL 635 |
Meditation Practicum III: Maitri and Mandala (3) |
| REL 645 |
Methods and Issues in the Study of Religion (3) |
| REL 665 |
Analytical Meditation II (1) |
| REL 701 |
The Middle Way School (3) |
| REL 750 |
The Path to Enlightenment (3) |
| SUBTOTAL 13 |
| Second year, spring |
| REL 664 |
Advanced Shedra Texts (3) |
| REL 751 |
Buddhism in Tibet (3) |
| REL 765 |
Analytical Meditation III (1) |
| REL 885 |
Master’s Paper/Project (noncredit) |
| One Course from the Religious Studies Courses List (3) |
| SUBTOTAL 10 |
| TOTAL CREDITS 42 |
*It is highly recommended that students complete the noncredit dathün requirement (REL 650) by the winter break between the fall and spring semesters of their first year, or at the latest during the summer following their first year.
**It is also required that students complete the noncredit requirement to attend a monthlong Nitartha Institute program in the summer following their first year. This is integral to sequence of the curriculum.
| Religious Studies Courses List |
| REL 525 |
Contemplative Christianity (3) |
| REL 529 |
Foundations of Judaism: Torah, Prayer and Acts of Kindness (3) |
| REL 530 |
Contemplative Hinduism (3) |
| REL 535 |
Intro to Jewish Mysticism (3) |
| REL 540 |
Zen Buddhism (3) |
| REL 545 |
Contemplative Islam (3) |
| REL 546 |
Buddhism in America (3) |
| REL 585 |
Spiritual Models of Social Action (3) |
| REL 608 |
The Life and Teachings of Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche (3) |
| REL 611 |
The First Turning of the Wheel: The Nature of Mind and Emotions (3) |
| REL 623 |
Religious Experience in Africa: Sacred Cosmos, Ritual and Community (3) |
| REL 625 |
Biblical Literatures: Prayer and Prophecy (3) |
| REL 626 |
Topics in Judaism: Feminine Principle (3) |
| REL 634 |
Hindu Yoga-Tantra (3) |
| REL 647 |
The Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma and Sangha (3) |
| REL 749 |
Contemporary American Religion (3) |
| REL 760 |
Vajrayana: Symbol, Iconography and Ritual (3) |
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