Program Requirements
The online master’s in Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion at CIIS requires 36 units of coursework. The curriculum progression includes two introductory courses; coursework in religion, philosophy, spirituality, and ecological issues; a fieldwork practicum; electives; and a capstone experience.
Course of Study
Year One (18 units)
Two core classes (6 units)
- PAR 6078 Theory and Method in the Integrative Study of Religion and Ecology (3 units)
- PAR 6079 Ecology in a Time of Planetary Crisis (3 units)
One Religion course (3 units) - Options may include:
- PARP 6532 Christianity and Ecology
- PARP 6563 Buddhism and Ecology
- PAR 6483 Hinduism and Ecology
- PARP 6538 Krishna, Buddha, and Christ
- PARW 6548 Women and World Religions
One Philosophy course (3 units) - Options may include:
- PARP 6403 Spirit and Nature
- PARW 7006 Women Philosophers, Mystics, and Wisdom Teachers
- PAR 6071 Philosophy and Ecology: Toward a Green Metaphysics, Phenomenology, and Epistemology
- PAR 6089 Myth, Imagination, and Incarnation: Barfield, Tolkien, Lewis, and the Oxford Inklings
- PAR 6472 The Colors of American Philosophy: Pluralism, Pragmatism, and Political Transformation
General Electives (6 units) - Students may choose from any course in the School of Consciousness and Transformation
Year Two (18 units)
Two Core Classes (6 units):
- PARP 6533 Touch the Earth: Ecology Practicum (3 units)
- PARP 6897 Integrative Seminar (3 units)
One Religion Course (3 units, same tradition as first year)
One Ecology Course (3 units) - Options may include:
- PARP 6522 Science, Ecology, and Contested Knowledge(s)
- PARP 6523 Environmental Ethics
- PARP 6525 Toward an Integral Ecological Consciousness
- PAR 6292 Next of Kin Perspectives on Animal Ethics and Biodiversity
- PARP 6278 Integral Ecologies
One Feminism, Globalization, and Justice Course (3 units) - Options may include:
- PARW 6428 Ecological Consciousness and Climate Justice
- PARW 7002 Ecofeminist Philosophy and Activism
- PARW 6419 Transformative Philosophies of Justice: Local and Global Perspectives
- PARW 6425 Gender, Power, and Spirit in Indigenous Cultures
- PARP 6431 Martin Luther King Jr.—Justice, Cosmology, and Interconnection
General Electives (3 units) - Students may choose from any course in the School of Consciousness and Transformation
Curriculum Highlights
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