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Courses & Requirements

This 43-credit Religious Studies MA concentration offers comprehensive training in Yoga Studies. The program is designed for students interested in doctoral programs as well as yoga teachers and practitioners.

With a low-residency, mostly asynchronous format, students may complete the program from anywhere, while two nine-day residential retreats in Colorado bring students together with faculty to build community and provide Naropa’s unique brand of experiential contemplative education.

Degree Requirements

3 Year Option

First year, fall

Two courses include an intensive retreat during the first few weeks of the semester.

  • REL617e Meditation in Yogic and Tantric Traditions: A Practicum (3) [Includes Retreat]
  •  
  • REL577e The Histories and Philosophies of Yoga (3) [Includes Retreat]

SUBTOTAL 6

First year, spring (online only)

  • REL717e Meditation in Yogic & Tantric Traditions II: A Practicum (3)

  • REL645e Methods and Issues in the Study of Religion (3)


SUBTOTAL 6

Second year, fall

Two courses include an intensive retreat during the first few weeks of the semester

  • REL611e First Turning of the Wheel (3) [Includes Retreat]
  •  
  • REL 634e Hindu Tantric (3) [Includes Retreat]
  •  
  • REL 507e Sanskrit I (4)

SUBTOTAL 10

Second year, spring (online only)

  • REL 615e Power Privilege and Diversity (3)

  • REL 537e Sanskrit II (4) or Elective (3)

SUBTOTAL 7 or 6

Third year, fall

  • REL 530e Yoga and Globalization: The Inception of Postural Yoga (3)

  • REL 577e Sanskrit III (4) or Elective (3)

  • Elective (3) for Non-Language track students

SUBTOTAL 7 or 9

Third year, spring

  • REL 587e Sanskrit IV (4) or Elective (3)

  • Elective (3) or REL 883e Master’s Thesis (required for non-language track students)

SUBTOTAL 7 or 6

Total Credits: 43

 

This program can also be completed at an accelerated 2.5 year pace. See below for curriculum and cost/aid information.

2.5 Year Option

First year, fall

Two courses include an intensive retreat during the first few weeks of the semester.

  • REL617e Meditation in Yogic and Tantric Traditions: A Practicum (3) [Includes Retreat]
  •  
  • REL577e The Histories and Philosophies of Yoga (3) [Includes Retreat]
  •  
  • REL507e Sanskrit I (4)

SUBTOTAL 10

First year, spring (online only)

  • REL717e Meditation in Yogic & Tantric Traditions II: A Practicum (3)
  •  
  • REL645e Methods and Issues in the Study of Religion (3)
  •  
  • REL537e Sanskrit II (4) or Elective (3)

SUBTOTAL 10 or 9

Second year, fall

Two courses include an intensive retreat during the first few weeks of the semester

  • REL611e First Turning of the Wheel (3) [Includes Retreat]
  •  
  • REL 634e Hindu Tantric (3) [Includes Retreat]
  •  
  • REL 557e Sanskrit III (4) or Elective (3)

SUBTOTAL 10 or 9

Second year, spring (online only)

  • REL 615e Power Privilege and Diversity (3)
  •  
  • REL 587e Sanskrit IV (4) or Elective (3)
  •  
  • Elective (3) [For Students not Taking Upper Level Sanskrit]

SUBTOTAL 7 or 9

Third year, fall

  • REL 530e Yoga and Globalization: The Inception of Postural Yoga (3)

  •  
  • REL883e Masters Thesis (required for non-language track students) or Elective (3)

SUBTOTAL 6

Total Credits: 43

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