Required Courses

• ATH230 Introduction to Art Therapy (3)
• ATH330 Art Therapy Theory and Applications (3)
• ATH430 Art Therapy Studio Methods (3)
• PSYB314 Buddhist Psychology I: Mindfulness Meditation (3)

Total Credits 12

Required Courses

• EDU150 Foundations of Education for a Diverse Society K-12 (3)
• EDU245 Multicultural Education and Contemplative Critical Pedagogy (3)

Choose 6 Credits

• EDU220 Theories, Strategies, and Assessment for CLD Students K-12 (3)
• EDU300 Nature and Education (3)
• EDU315 Math for Teachers: Content, Curriculum, and Mathematics Education (3)
• EDU330 Holistic & Contemplative Teaching Traditions (3)
• EDU345 Elementary Literacy I: Foundations of Reading (3)
• EDU385 Observing Childhood Growth and Development (3)
• COL450 Internship (3)

Total Credits: 12

To minor in Contemplative Martial Arts, students must complete 9 practice credits in one Contemplative Martial Arts discipline (Taijiquan or Aikido) plus 3 credits in another Contemplative Martial Arts course.

Total Credits 12

To minor in Contemplative Psychology, students may choose any 12 Contemplative Psychology credits.

Total Credits 12

Required Courses

• WRI210 Experimental and Activist Literatures (3)

Choose 9 credits

• WRI312 Poetry & Poetics (3)
• WRI318 Writing Workshop: Long Poem (3)
• WRI328 Literature Seminar: 19th Century American Lit (3)
• WRI329 Writing Workshop: Contemplative Poetics (3)
• WRI331 Writing Workshop: Creative Nonfiction (3)
• WRI339 Writing Workshop: Flash Fiction (3)
• WRI344 Literature Seminar: Shakespeare (3)
• WRI349 Literature Seminar: Modernism (3)
• WRI351–3 Summer Writing Program (2–6)
• WRI355 Literature Seminar: World Lit (3)
• WRI362 Writing Workshop: Fiction (3)
• WRI369 Writing Workshop: Narrative Forms (3)
• WRI380 Writing Workshop: Eco-Poetics (3)

Total Credits 12

Required Courses

• ENV100 Physical Geography: Beholding the Body of the Earth (3)
• ENV223 Field Ecology (3)
• ENV238 Survival Skills (3)
• ENV321 Geology (3)

Total Credits 12

Required Courses

• ENV207 History of the Environmental Movement (3)
• ENV257 Food Justice (3)
• ENV355 Environmental Justice (3)
• ENV363 Indigenous Environmental Issues (3)

Total Credits 12

Required Courses

• ENV207 History of the Environmental Movement (3)
• ENV257 Food Justice (3)
• ENV355 Environmental Justice (3)
• ENV363 Indigenous Environmental Issues (3)

Total Credits 12

Required Courses

• INTD250 Perceptions in Media (3)
• INTD348 Classics of International Film (3)
• INTD376 An Introduction to Screenwriting: Sitting Quietly, Doing Everything (3)
• ART455 Making Conscious Media (3)

Total Credits 12

Required Courses

• ENV257 Food Justice (3)
• ENV260 Introduction to Permaculture (3)
• ENV342 Permaculture Design (3)
• ENV355 Environmental Justice (3)

Total Credits 12

Required Courses

• INTD210 Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies (3)
• INTD310 Feminist and Queer Theory Methods of Inquiry (3)

Choose 6 credits

• PSYB355 Dynamics of Intimate Relationships (3)
• REL212 Queer Theory, Feminism, and Religion (3)
• REL334 Hindu Tantra (3)
• WRI441 Literature Seminar: Women Writers (3)
• Special Topics upon approval of INTD program chair

Total Credits 12

Required Course

• PAX360 Global Studies Seminar (3)

Choose 9 credits

• Any approved Study Abroad courses
• Any approved Bhutan Study Abroad courses

Total Credits 12

Required Courses

Basic Skills (dependent upon qualifications)

Choose 3 Credits

• MUS200  Musicianship I: Musical Beginnings (3)
• MUS210  Musicianship II: The Practice of Notation (3)
• MUS360  Musicianship III: The Art of the Chart (3)
• MUS370  Musicianship IV: Arranging and Orchestrating (3)

Music in Context

Choose 3 Credits

• MUS245 The Evolution of Western Music (3)
• MUS250 Music Cultures of the World (3)
• MUS260 Listening to Jazz (3)

Creative Process

Choose 3 Credits

• MUS230 Improvisation (3)
• MUS400 Composition (3)

Ensembles and Performance

Choose 3 Credits

• MUS208  Naropa Chorus (3)
• MUS215  Rhythm Hemispheres: World Percussion Traditions (3)
• MUS270  Naropa Ensemble (3)
• MUS420  Naropa Composers and Improvisors’ Orchestra (3)
• TRA114 Indian Devotional and Raga Singing (3)

Total Credits 12

Music minors are invited to join MUS248.

In Naropa University’s highly experiential, interdisciplinary Peace Studies minor, you will have the chance to do just that. Through contemplative practice, dynamic coursework, and opportunities to engage in community-based projects locally—and globally—you will not only study and practice diverse approaches to peacebuilding, you will also acquire practical leadership and community-building skills.

Required Course

• PAX250 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies (3)

Choose 9 credits

• PAX327 Law, Human Rights, and Social Change (3)
• PAX335 Socially Engaged Spirituality (3)
• PAX340 Conflict Transformation: Theory and Practice (3)
• PAX345 Skills for Peacebuilding: Leadership, Restorative Justice, and Dialog (3)
• PAX360 Global Studies Seminar (3)
• PAX370 Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (3)

Total Credits 12

Required Courses

History and Context of Performance

Choose 3 Credits

• PAR240 Rethinking the History of Performance: From Antiquity to 1700s (3)
• PAR241 Art Movements of the 20th Century: The Movers, Shakers, and Rule-Breakers (3)

Performance Exploration

Choose 9 Credits

It is recommended that 3 credits be in a production project course, either PAR301 or PAR302.

Total Credits 12

To strengthen and amplify your degree, it is strongly recommended that an additional 6 credits in studio work, special topics, or ensemble projects of your choice be taken as electives.

Required Courses

• ENV100 Physical Geography: Beholding the Body of the Earth (3)
• ENV223 Field Ecology (3)
• ENV260 Introduction to Permaculture (3)
• ENV342 Permaculture Design (3)

Total Credits 12

Required Courses

Choose 3 credits

• REL150 Buddhist Journey of Transformation: An Introduction (3)
• REL210 Religion & Mystical Experience (3)
• REL247 Embodying Sacred Wisdom: Modern Saints (3)

Choose 9 credits

• REL150 Buddhist Journey of Transformation: An Introduction (3)
• REL158W Breeze of Simplicity: Meditation Weekend (1)
• REL160 Meditation Practicum I: Freeing the Mind (3)
• REL170 Meditation Practicum II: Igniting Compassion (3)
• REL210 Religion & Mystical Experience (3)
• REL212 Queer Theory, Feminism, and Religion (3)
• REL229 Contemplative Judaism (3)
• REL240 Foundations of Buddhism (3)
• REL247 Embodying Sacred Wisdom: Modern Saints (3)
• REL250 Spirituality and Creative Expression (3)
• REL255W Opening the Heart: Meditation Weekend (1)
• REL271 Christian Prayer and Mystical Practices (3)
• REL312 Spiritual Models of Social Action (3)
• REL314 Contemplative Islam: An Introduction to Its History, Thought, and Practice (3)
• REL321 Kabbalah and Consciousness (3)
• REL323 Religious Experience in Africa: Sacred Cosmos, Ritual, and Community (3)
• REL325 Contemplative Christianity (3)
• REL334 Hindu Tantra (3)
• REL338 Sufism: An Introduction to its History, Thought, and Practice (3)
• REL345 Zen Buddhism (3)
• REL346 Wisdom and Compassion: The Buddhist Path (3)
• REL348 Flight of the Swans: Dharma Comes West (3)
• REL349 Tibetan Buddhism: Inside the Mystique (3)
• REL351 Theories of Alternate Spiritualities and New Religious Movements (3)
• REL355 Introductory Sanskrit: The Language of the Gods (3)
• REL376 Inner Oral Tradition of the Torah (3)
• Shambhala Training Levels I–V (1)
  • REL390W Shambhala Training Level I: The Art of Being Human (1)
  • REL391W Shambhala Training Level II: Birth of the Warrior (1)
  • REL392W Shambhala Training Level III: Warrior in the World (1)
  • REL393W Shambhala Training Level IV: Awakened Heart (1)
  • REL394W Shambhala Training Level V: Open Sky (1)

Total Credits 12

Note: For students interested in taking courses on Buddhism, it is recommended that they be taken in the following order: (1) REL150 and/or REL240, (2);  REL346, (3);  REL348 and/or REL349. The additional meditation courses, including REL345: Zen Buddhism, can be taken at any time.

Required Courses

• ENV245 Geography: Pilgrimage and Sacred Landscape (3)
• ENV318 Deep Ecology (3)
• ENV350 Nature, the Sacred, and Contemplation (3)
• ENV370 Ecopsychology (3)

Total Credits 12

Sanskrit may be taken to fulfill a minor requirement. A sequence of four courses (4 credits each) is offered in Sanskrit. The requirement of the minor is to take the first three of these four courses. However, students are encouraged to consider taking the fourth semester of the language as an elective.

• REL277 Sanskrit I (4)
• REL287 Sanskrit II (4)
• REL377 Sanskrit III (4)

Total Credits 12

Required Course

• PAX370 Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (3)

Choose 9 credits

• COL215 Leadership and Service: Alternative Break (3)
• COL340 Be the Change Lab (3)
• COL350 Design Thinking for Personal and Social Change (3)
• COL450 Internship (3)
• Independent Study (3)

Total Credits 12

Tibetan may be taken to fulfill a minor requirement. A sequence of four courses (4 credits each) is offered in Tibetan. The requirement of the minor is to take the first three of these four courses. However, students are encouraged to consider taking the fourth semester of the language as an elective.

• REL274 Tibetan I (4)
• REL284 Tibetan II (4)
• REL375 Tibetan III (4)

Total Credits 12

Tibetan Apprenticeships

Students who have excelled in two semesters of Tibetan may apply for a research assistant position with the Tsadra Foundation Research Center in Boulder. If applicants also have studied Sanskrit, that is a plus, but not required. Students who have completed at least four Tibetan courses are eligible to apply to the Nalanda Translation Committee Apprenticeship program, which provides funding for a year (or more) for further Tibetan language training with the translation committee after they graduate.

To minor in Visual Arts, students may choose any 12 Visual Arts credits. At least one World Art course is recommended.

Total Credits 12

To minor in Yoga Studies, students must complete 9 practice credits in yoga plus 3 credits in another Yoga Studies course.

Total Credits 12