Psychology Online
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Dedicated to Research of the Contemplative Mind
Dedicated to Research of the Contemplative Mind
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Learn from internationally recognized faculty in a psychology school that views learning as a journey. Naropa's Online BA in psychology starts at the center of the individual with Buddhist psychology and mindfulness practice before moving into traditional and psychological theories.
Take courses in mindfulness or neuroscience through your chosen track before diving into a transformative senior year capstone experience. Discover an undergraduate experience that expands your self-awareness while deepening your capacity to serve.
Courses in the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Online include:
Mindfulness Track
Explore a diversity of ancient and modern healing methodologies through an academic and personal exploration of mindfulness. Engage in both Western and Buddhist approaches to psychological theory and cultivate relational, social, and psychological skills, including embodied presence, deep listening, compassionate inquiry, and meditation.
Science Track
Blend traditional psychological research methods with cognitive neuroscience and meditative experience as you explore research on embodiment, perception, emotion, consciousness, and more. Learn to use contemplative practice as laboratory for investigating your own mind and brain, and gain real-world research experience by designing a contemplative neuroscience study of your own.
The Naropa Difference
Naropa's Online Bachelor of Arts in Psychology integrates training in modern psychology and neuroscience with a deeply contemplative approach and a commitment to service. We’ll help you chart your unique path for bringing your light to others.
Contemplative Approach
In Naropa's Online Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, you're joining an innovative psychology school with a long tradition of Buddhist psychology and related contemplative approaches. The beginnings of contemplative psychology started at Naropa when Trungpa Rinpoche brought Buddhist philosophy and self-awareness to the Western social science of psychology. Today, the bachelor's in psychology program at Naropa is steeped in mindfulness and compassion principles, and guided by the idea that psychological health and well-being are innate.
Research Opportunities
Naropa's BA in Psychology Online offers collaborative research opportunities with world-renowned faculty. As the psychology school at the forefront of contemplative psychology in the West, Naropa is dedicated to understanding how contemplative practices affect individuals and communities. The Cognitive and Affective Science Lab engages the next generation of contemplative scientists in research at the intersection of ancient contemplative practices and modern psychological science. Psychology majors can join research efforts that are advancing the world's understanding of meditation and other phenomena related to human consciousness.
Senior Year Synthesis
Your online bachelor's in psychology culminates in a senior-year capstone experience: an exploration of Maitri Space Awareness or Contemplative Neuroscience, a community field placement focusing on social change, and a multidisciplinary senior project aimed at challenging both intellect and intuition. Whether your track is Mindfulness or Science, your capstone experience will integrate your area of focus with the core curriculum. Your senior year in Naropa’s bachelor’s in psychology is a deep dive into your expanded awareness of yourself and what you hope to contribute to the world.
Students Transformed
Contemplative Virtual Community
Contemplative Virtual Community
Bring your head, heart and spirit to create meaningful experiences in and outside of the classroom.
Bring your head, heart and spirit to create meaningful experiences in and outside of the classroom.
Foundation in Psychology
Foundation in Psychology
Understand and apply Buddhist principles to Western psychological science.
Understand and apply Buddhist principles to Western psychological science.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness
Expand your self-awareness to increase awareness of and compassion for others.
Expand your self-awareness to increase awareness of and compassion for others.
Commitment to Inclusivity
Commitment to Inclusivity
Work for social change and commit to diversity awareness in your community.
Work for social change and commit to diversity awareness in your community.
Career Readiness
Career Readiness
Step into a meaningful career that allows you to serve others.
Step into a meaningful career that allows you to serve others.