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Degree Requirements

For MA Psychology: Contemplative Psychotherapy Students entering FALL 2010,
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First year, fall
PSYC 600 Opening Retreat (noncredit)
PSYC 608 Introduction to Buddhist Psychology (2)
PSYC 609 Group Process I (1)
PSYC 618 Human Growth and Development: Contemplative View (2)
PSYC 718 Community (2)
PSYC 778 Transitions, Lifestyles and Career Development (2)
SUBTOTAL 9
 
First year, spring
PSYC 619 Group Process II (1)
PSYC 628 Evolution of Concepts in Western Psychotherapy (2)
PSYC 650 Diversity Awareness and Multicultural Competence (2)
PSYC 658 Buddhist Psychology II: Abhidharma and the Psychology of Confusion (2)
PSYC 678 Psychopathology I: Sanity and Neurosis (2)
PSYC 689 Maitri Program I (2)
SUBTOTAL 11
 
Second year, fall
PSYC 629 Group Process III (1)
PSYC 669 Buddhist Psychology III: Compassion and the Heart of Emptiness (2)
PSYC 728 Therapeutic Relationships I (2)
PSYC 700* Research and Statistics (2)
PSYC 798 Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy (2)
PSYC 864 Contemplative Psychotherapy Practicum (3)
SUBTOTAL 12
 
Second year, spring
PSYC 605 Large Group Process I (0.5)
PSYC 639 Group Process IV (0.5)
PSYC 668 Family Process (2)
PSYC 738 Psychopathology II: Psychosis (2)
PSYC 708 Buddhist Psychology IV: The Practice of Psychotherapy and the Path of the Bodhisattva (2)
PSYC 758 Therapeutic Relationships II (2)
PSYC 789 Maitri Program II (2)
SUBTOTAL 11
 
Third year, fall
PSYC 625 Large Group Process II (0.5)
PSYC 702* Assessment and Appraisal (2)
PSYC 709 Buddhist Psychology V: Mandala and Clinical Applications (0.5)
PSYC 719 Group Process V (1)
PSYC 788 Therapeutic Relationships III (2)
PSYC 808 Field Placement I (3–5)
PSYC 818 Clinical Tutorial I (2)
SUBTOTAL 11
 
Third year, spring
PSYC 635 Large Group Process III (0.5)
PSYC 729 Group Process VI (1)
PSYC 739 Buddhist Psychology VI: Review of Buddhist Psychology and Clinical Applications (0.5)
PSYC 858 Field Placement II (3–5)
PSYC 868 Clinical Tutorial II (2)
PSYC 888 Master’s Paper Seminar (1.5)
PSYC 889 Maitri Program III (0.5)
SUBTOTAL 9
TOTAL CREDITS 63
*PSYC 700 &702 are offered alternating years in the fall with second-year and third-year students taking the same course in one academic year.

Community is an essential aspect of this program. Students must take the courses
in the sequence listed above.

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