Degree Requirements

First year, fall
REL 503	Tibetan I (4) or
REL 507	Sanskrit I (4) or
REL 645	Methods and Issues in the Study of Religion (3)
REL 779	Interreligious Dialogue (3)
Religious Studies Elective (3)
Contemplative Practice Elective (3)
SUBTOTAL	16

First year, spring
REL 533	Tibetan II (4) or
REL 537	Sanskrit II (4) or
REL 585	Spiritual Models of Social Action (3)
REL 651	Contemplative Practice Retreat* (noncredit)
Three Religious Studies Electives (9)
SUBTOTAL 16

Second year, fall
REL 553	Tibetan III (4) or
REL 557	Sanskrit III (4)
REL 655	Trends in Religious Studies (3)
Two Religious Studies Electives (6)
Contemplative Practice Elective (3)
SUBTOTAL 16

Second year, spring
REL 583	Tibetan IV (4) or
REL 587	Sanskrit IV (4)
REL 672	Non-Dualism in Theory and Practice (3)
REL 885	Master’s Project (noncredit)
Contemplative Practice Elective (3)
Religious Studies Elective (3)
SUBTOTAL 13 TOTAL CREDITS 61
*It is recommended that students complete the noncredit Contemplative Practice Retreat requirement (REL 651) no later than the winter break between the fall and spring semesters of their second year.This requirement can be done in two-week sections.

Religious Studies Electives

Buddhism Electives
REL 546	Buddhism in America: Dharma Comes West (3)
REL 611	The First Turning of the Wheel: Nature of Mind and Emotions* (3)
REL 614	Mind and Its World I* (3)
REL 624	Mind and Its World II (3)
REL 661	Second Turning of the Wheel: The Bodhisattva Path (3)
REL 701	The Middle Way School (3)
REL 710	Third Turning of the Wheel (3)
REL 750	Path to Enlightenment (3)
REL 751	Buddhism in Tibet (3)

General Electives
REL 525	Contemplative Christianity (3)
REL 529	Foundations of Judaism: Torah, Prayer and Acts of Kindness (3)
REL 530	Contemplative Hinduism (3)
REL 535	Introduction to Jewish Mysticism (3)
REL 545	Contemplative Islam (3)
REL 623	Religious Experience in Africa: Sacred Cosmos, Ritual and Community (3)
REL 625	Prayer and Prophecy:Biblical Literatures (3)
REL 634	Hindu Yoga-Tantra (3)
REL 676	Contemplative Jewish Practice (3)
REL 740	Contemporary American Religion (3)


Contemplative Practice Electives
REL 504W	The Breeze of Simplicty: Buddhist Meditation Weekend (1)
REL 540	Zen Buddhism (3)
REL 554W	Opening the Heart:Buddhist Meditation Weekend (1)
REL 571	Centering Prayer as Christian Contemplation (3)
REL 600	Meditation Practicum I: Seeds of Peace (3)
REL 609W	Mindfulness Instructor Training I* (3)
REL 620	Meditation Practicum II: Self and No-Self* (3)
REL 635	Meditation Practicum III: Mind-Training (3)
REL 690W-791W Shambhala Training Levels I–XII (1)
REL 709W	Mindfulness Instructor Training II* (1)
REL 780	Meditation Practicum IV: Maitri and Mandala (3)
REL 809W	Mindfulness Instructor Training III* (1)

*These courses must be taken in sequence.

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