California Institute Of Integral Studies
California Institute Of Integral Studies
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Asian and Comparative Studies
1453 Mission St
San Francisco, CA 94103 USA
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admissions@ciis.edu
Phone: 1-415-575-6150
Fax: 1-415-575-1268
Description:
The Asian and Comparatives Studies Program is distinctive in regarding
spiritual discovery and practice as indispensable adjuncts to academic
study.
In today's multicultural and interrelated world, it is crucial that we
find ways to foster knowledge of and respect for diverse worldviews of
religion and culture. In the Asian and Comparative Studies Program, students
study several of the world's major religious traditions, examining sacred
texts and writings, practices and disciplines, and sociocultural issues.
Language study and research methods complete the curriculum. The program is
distinctive regarding spiritual discovery and practice as indispensable
adjuncts to academic study. In addition to Institute faculty, students have
access to lectures, workshops, and training by the many Eastern and Western
teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Students develop practical skills in research, teaching, language,
translation, and cross-cultural communication. In addition to acquiring
academic credentials for teaching positions, students are encouraged to
envision creative applications of philosophy outside mainstream academia in
areas such as spiritual direction or counseling, organizational consulting,
and social/political action.
Degree(s):
M. A. - Philosophy and Religion
Ph.D. - Humanities
California Institute Of Integral Studies
School of Consciousness and Transformation
East-West Psychology
1453 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 U.S.A.
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Phone: 1-415-575-6150
Fax: 1-415-575-1264
Description:
In the 1960s, the California Institute of Integral Studies' East-West
Psychology Program pioneered a radically new understanding of psychology,
integrating the wisdom of ancient spiritual traditions with the insights of
contemporary Western psychology. Today more than ever, there is a need for
the multicultural, multidisciplinary field of East-West psychology--based on
an understanding of and respect for a multiplicity of cultures, religions,
psychology's, and worldviews. While incorporating the insights of Western
psychology, the East-West Psychology Program provides a larger context for
multicultural psychology, transpersonal psychology, integral psychology,
consciousness studies, depth psychology (Jungian, archetypal, and
psychoanalytic), contemplative psychology, and spiritual counseling.
The East-West Psychology program prepares individuals to function as
independent scholars, teachers, writers, researchers, consultants, workshop
leaders, spiritual counselors, administrators, entrepreneurs, social change
activists, and community organizers in a world that increasingly demands an
integral view encompassing the personal, interpersonal, cultural,
ecological, and spiritual dimensions of human existence.
East-West Psychology is a non-licensure degree program. Graduates in
East-West Psychology are expanding and enriching the understanding and
applications of the field of psychology.There are course concentrations as
follows: Depth Psychology; Transpersonal Psychology; Consciousness Studies;
Psychology and Spirituality, Ecological Studies;
Degree(s):
M.A.- East-West Psychology
Ph.D.- Humanities
California Institute Of Integral Studies
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Gender, Ecology and Society
1453 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 U.S.A.
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admissions@ciis.edu
Phone: 1-415-575-6100
Fax: 1-415-575-1264
Description:
Many anthropologists today are concerned with social justice, new forms of
cooperation, reciprocally beneficial knowledge formation, and cultural
diversity. The Gender, Ecology, and Society Program draws on
interdisciplinary perspectives that explore contemporary social relations in
a historical and cross-cultural framework. The curriculum facilitates
self-reflection on our own cultural presuppositions as a prerequisite for
empathic engagement with the realities of other cultures. Students focus on
practices of creative intervention by developing skills in intercultural
communication, critical thinking, emancipatory research, and alliance
building. The program promotes student development in areas of critical
social analysis, social action, and diversity.
Global systems are understood through multiple frameworks that are
sensitive to dynamics of power. What are some of the relationships between
gender domination and the domination of nature? How can the study of race,
class, gender, sexuality, and culture elucidate some of the constraints and
possibilities of our age? What can we learn from the study of diverse
movements internationally for social justice, sustainable ecology, and
responsible development?
The curriculum facilitates self-reflection on our own cultural
presuppositions as a prerequisite for empathic engagement with the realities
of other cultures.
Accreditation Description:
WASC Accredited (regional accreditation: Western Association of Schools and
Colleges)
Degree(s):
M.A. - Cultural Anthropology and Social Transformation with an emphasis on
Gender, Ecology, and society
Ph.D. - HumanitiesSocial and Cultural Anthropology
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