Intermediate and Advanced courses should be taken in the these areas: Philosophy of Mind and Contemplative Religious Traditions. In special cases, concentrations in the Contemplative Creative Arts may be possible within the Humanities Track.
Contemplative Studies Initiative and Concentration
The Humanities Track
The Humanities Track explores the origin and development of contemplative practices within specific religious, cultural and historical contexts and gives students a foundation in the Philosophy of Mind relevant to the scientific study of contemplative practice.
The Humanities Track
The Humanities Track explores the origin and development of contemplative practices within specific religious, cultural and historical contexts and gives students a foundation in the Philosophy of Mind relevant to the scientific study of contemplative practice.
Contemplative Religious Traditions
- CLAS 0210Y: Philosophy of Classical Indian Yoga
- CLAS 0820: The Epics of India
- CLAS 0850/RELS 0925: The Mythology of India
- CLAS 0855: The Bhagavad Gita (COST 0855)
- CLAS 0995: The Performing Arts in Classical South Asia
- CLAS 1140: The Classical Philosophy of India
- CLAS 1145/RELS 1397A: Goddesses and Women Gurus in South Asian Relgious Tradition
- CLAS 1160: Classics of Indian Literature
- COST 036/RELS 036: Love and War in India
- COST 0140/RElS 0140: Food, Religion and Politics in South Asia
- COST 0425/RELS 0425: The History and Practice of Yoga in India and Beyond
- COST 0530/RELS 0530: Laozi and the Daodejing
- COST 0550/RELS0550: Tibetan Buddhism and the West
- COST 0570/RELS 0570: Science, Religion and the Search for Happiness in Traditional Asian Thought
- COST 0990/CLAS 0990: Concepts of the Self in Classical Indian Literature
- COST 1441/RELS 1441: Zen Meditation in China, Korea, and Japan
- COST 1442/RELS1442: The History, Philosophy, and Practice of Rinzai Zen Buddhism
- EAST 0180/RELS 0195: Japan: Nature, Ritual and the Arts
- EAST 1420: The Confucian Mind
- EAST 1880D: Early Daoist Syncretism
- RELS0045: Buddhism and Death
- RELS 0082: Japan's Floating World
- RELS 0096: Islamic Cosmologies
- RELS 0100: Buddhist Thought, Practice and Society
- RELS 0120: The Classical Chinese Philosophy of Life
- RELS 0130: The Hindu Tradition
- RELS 0190: Japanese Religious Traditions
- RELS 0580: Experiencing the Sacred: Embodiment and Aesthetics in South Asian Religions
- RELS 0911: Indian Buddhism
- RELS 1370B: Philosophy of Mysticism
- RELS 1405: Buddhism in Chinese History
- RELS 1425: Buddhist Poetry
- RELS 1440: Themes in Japanese Buddhism
- RELS 2300B: Huai-nan Tzu
- RELS 2705: Sufism Seminar
- SCSO1550E: Science and Religion
- SCSO1700Y: Neuroethics
- SOC1871S: Knowledge Networks and Global Transformation
- SOC1871Z: Martial Arts, Culture and Society )
- (and others, with approval)
The Philosophy of Mind
- COST 0650/PHIL 0650: Psychology and Philosophy of Happiness
- COST 1520/PHIL 1520: Consciousness
- COST 1770/PHIL 1770: Philosophy of Mind
- PHIL 0350: Ancient Philosophy
- PHIL 0990L: Moral Psychology
- PHIL 0990M: Descartes’ Meditations
- PHIL 0991: Plato, Mind, and Moral Psychology
- PHIL 1290: Kant’s Moral Philosophy
- PHIL 1590: Philosophy of Science
- PHIL 1650: Moral Theories
- PHIL 1660: Metaphysics
- PHIL 1750: Epistemology
- PHIL 2020O: Puzzles of Consciousness
- PHIL 2150G: Aristotle’s Metaphysics
- PHIL 1720: Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
- UNIV 1520: The Shaping of World Views
- (and others with approval)