Courses

TRANSPERSONAL COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY (PSYT)
PSYT 517e
Multicultural Issues: Contemplative Approaches (3)
In traditional cultures, healing occurs within community. There is a deep understanding of shared wounds and the shared responsibility as well as a desire to work together toward healing. We begin our work from within, looking to the past for aid and guidance. From there we return to the present to bring understanding to our own personal and cultural wounds. We explore our own cultural backgrounds and, from this place, sit as compassionate witnesses to the pain and struggle of others. In community, we facilitate healing using storytelling, ritual, meditation and guided imagery. We explore new ways to experience our shared humanness through deep wisdom, caring and understanding. Required for MATP students. Online fees apply.

PSYT 608, 618
Transpersonal Psychology Intensive I, II (3)
These weeklong courses introduce MATP students to transpersonal psychology and provide in-depth exposure to current issues and developments in the field. They also provide the opportunity for community building, face-to-face instruction in transpersonal processes such as meditation and ritual, and application of topics from the online courses. Students are expected to prepare for the course prior to attending and to complete a written assignment after the course. MATP and ECOC only.

PSYT 670e
Transpersonal Psychology I: Foundations and Central Concepts (3)
An introduction and examination of central concepts, theories, practices and applications of transpersonal psychology. The on-campus sections are designed for students in the transpersonal counseling programs. These sections extend counseling and psychology into transpersonal areas. The theories of the central figures in the field are discussed and compared as well as the roots of transpersonal psychology in the world wisdom traditions and multicultural considerations. Students learn counseling applications of transpersonal psychology. The online section of this course explores foundations of transpersonal psychology and applications to meditation, ritual, ecopsychology, psychological research, multicultural diversity and other areas. All sections blend intellectual exploration, practice and self-reflection. Online fees apply (670e).

PSYT 672e
Transpersonal Psychology II: Theorists and Applications (3)
This course serves as a continuation of Transpersonal Psychology I and focuses on particular theorists and applications of transpersonal psychology in a variety of areas. Prerequisite: PSYT 670e or an equivalent introduction to transpersonal psychology. Online fees apply.

PSYT 738e
Transpersonal Service Learning I (1.5)
Students apply and deepen their learning through service. With guidance from program faculty, students arrange a service-learning project in an area of their choice. Course lectures, reading and discussion support this learning by examining the nature of transpersonal approaches to service and by providing a forum for interaction and support among students and faculty. MATP and ECOC only. Online fees apply.

PSYT 748e
Transpersonal Service Learning II (1.5)
This is the second of a two-semester sequence in which students apply and deepen their study of transpersonal psychology through service. This semester, students complete the service-learning project begun in Transpersonal Service Learning I and complete a written paper integrating their learning with theory and research in their area of service and with understanding of transpersonal service. Online lectures, reading and discussion support this learning. MATP and ECOC only. Online fees apply.

PSYT 839e
Master’s Paper Online I (1.5)
The first of a two-course sequence in which students apply and deepen their learning of transpersonal psychology through completion of a major written paper. The final paper should provide a definition of transpersonal psychology, a literature review of a particular topic, and critical and creative inquiry into a transpersonal approach to the topic. The paper should also include self-reflection of the student’s relationship to the topic. Students work closely with the instructor, an expert reader and classmates. The online course environment provides support for the process of writing this paper. In the first-semester course, students produce an outline and proposal for their paper and 10–20 page literature review of their chosen topic. Online fees apply.

PSYT 880e
Master’s Paper Online Seminar II (1.5)
The second of a two-course sequence in which students complete a major written paper on a topic of their choice. In the second-semester course, students complete the paper. Online fees apply.

RELIGIOUS STUDIES (REL)

REL 500e/160e
Meditation Practicum I (3)
Students are introduced to sitting meditation practice drawn from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of shamatha-vipashyana. Weekly lectures emphasize experiential aspects of the practice, involving such topics as the discovery of impermanence, working with emotions and the cultivation of maitri (loving-kindness). The course includes weekly discussion groups, individual meetings with a meditation instructor and daily meditation practice, midterm and final oral exams.

REL 510e/170e
Meditation Practicum II (3)
This course continues the instruction in meditation practice begun in the fall semester, emphasizing Mahayana practice, including the generation of an enlightened attitude (bodhicitta), the practice of the perfections (paramitas), the training of the mind (lojong) and the exchange of self and other (tonglen). Midterm and final oral exams. Prerequisite: REL 160, TRA 100, TRA 209 or PSYB 215.