Additional Admission Requirements

MA Transpersonal Psychology

In addition to the standard graduate admission requirements, the following is required for MA Transpersonal Psychology:

MA Transpersonal Psychology Supplemental Application Technology Checklist  

Specific admissions considerations (assessed by a written application, an interest and background statement, an interview and letters of recommendation) include the following:

Experience and Goals

• prior exposure to transpersonal psychology
• realistic learning goals for the degree program

Contemplative Interest and Personal Awareness

• understanding of the value of contemplative approaches
• compatible personal views
• willingness to participate in practice requirements
• tolerance for ambiguity

Clarity of Intellect and Academic Background

• interest in and ability for academic rigor
• graduate-level writing skills
• capacity for articulation of ideas, expression with openness, interplay of intellect and intuition, and interplay of patience and curiosity

Community and Communication

• openness to relating to and learning from others
• interest in and respect for multicultural diversity
• trust in and generosity toward self and others
• ability to collaborate and participate in community
• value for the emotional and social dimensions of learning
• interest in contributing to the Naropa community and the community at large
• compatibility of service-learning component of the program with one’s learning goals

Resourcefulness

• ability to appreciate and work with one’s circumstances, gifts and obstacles
• breadth of life experience