Degree Requirements

Undergraduate students may petition to take MA Tibetan Tradition courses after REL160, 240, and 245 are completed.

Required Courses

REL328W BA Religious Studies Retreat (0.5) Year One

REL328W BA Religious Studies Retreat (0.5) Year Two

REL351 Religious Studies Seminar: Theory & Method (3)

REL479 Capstone Seminar & Senior Project (3)

SUBTOTAL 7

Choose 3 credits from the following courses:
(Prerequisites for 300 level classes)

REL160 Meditation Practicum I: Freeing the Mind (3)

REL271 Centering Prayer as Christian Contemplation (3)

REL390W–REL392W Shambhala Training I–III (3)

SUBTOTAL 3

Choose 6 credits from the following courses:
(Prerequisites for 300 level classes)

REL150 Buddhist Journey of Transformation: An Introduction (3)

REL210 Religion & Mystical Experience (3)

REL247 Embodying Sacred Wisdom: Modern Saints (3)

SUBTOTAL 6

Choose 9 credits from the following Religious Traditions courses:

REL150 Buddhist Journey of Transformation: An Introduction (3)

REL229 Foundations of Judaism: Torah, Prayer, and Acts of Kindness (3)

REL240 Foundations of Buddhism (3)

REL314 Contemplative Islam (3)

REL321 Introduction to Jewish Mysticism (3)

REL323 Religious Experience in Africa: Sacred Cosmos, Ritual, and Community (3)

REL325 Contemplative Christianity (3)

REL330 Contemplative Hinduism (3)

REL334 Hindu Yoga-Tantra (3)

REL346 Wisdom and Compassion: The Buddhist Path (3)

REL349 Tibetan Buddhism: Inside the Mystique (3)

REL355 Sanskrit in the Sacred Traditions of India (3)

REL376 Inner Oral Tradition of the Torah (3)

SUBTOTAL 9

Undergraduate students may petition to take MA courses in Buddhism after REL60, 240 and 346 are completed.

Choose 11 credits from the following two categories:

Contemporary Issues in Religion

REL210 Religion & Mystical Experience (3)

REL212 Queer Theory, Feminism, and Religion (3)

REL247 Embodying Sacred Wisdom: Modern Saints (3)

REL312 Spiritual Models of Social Action (3)

REL348 Buddhism in America: Dharma Comes West (3)

Contemplative Practice

REL158W The Breeze of Simplicity: Buddhist Meditation Weekend (1)

REL160 Meditation Practicum I: Freeing the Mind (3)

REL170 Meditation Practicum IIL Igniting Compassion (3)

REL250 Spirituality and Creative Expression (3)

REL255W Opening the Heart: Buddhist Meditation Weekend (1)

REL258 Monthlong Meditation Intensive: A Program of Buddhist Practice and Study (1.5-6)

REL271 Centering Prayer as Christian Contemplation (3)

REL345 Zen Buddhism (3)

REL390W–495W Shambhala Training Levels I–XII (1)

SUBTOTAL 11

TOTAL CREDITS 36

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