Certificate in Interfaith Spirituality

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Program pre-requisites:

Applicants to the program need to have earned an undergraduate BA or BS degree.

Admission Requirements:

Submission of the completed application, a writing sample/personal statement, and three two letters of recommendation will be required with the application. The GRE is not required. Applicants deemed appropriate for the program based on their admissions materials will be granted an interview. To enter the program, applicants must complete the required interview to complete the application process. Final decisions will be made after the committee reviews the applications and the interview results of all applicants.

The Certificate Program in Interfaith Spirituality consists in 16 credit hours distributed over the following:

Core Courses

4 credits: any one of the four core courses

RTS 5010 - Introduction to Spirituality Credits: 4
OR
RTS 5020 - Christian Spirituality Credits: 4
OR
RTS 5030 - Spirituality and Social Justice Credits: 4
OR
RTS 5040 - Spirituality in a Religiously Diverse World Credits: 4

Seminar in Spiritual Life

RTS 5600 - Seminar in the Spiritual Life I Credits: 4
RTS 5601 - Seminar in the Spiritual Life II Credits: 4

Independent Research

RTS 5750 - Independent Research Credits: 4
Suggested topics for independent research in a second religious or spiritual tradition:
- Christian Traditions of the Spiritual Life
- Augustinian Spirituality
- Jewish Mysticism
- Sufi Spirituality
- Hindu Spiritual Experience
- Buddhism and Spiritual Practice
- Spirituality and Social Ethics
- Spirituality and Psychopathology
- The Spirituality of the 12 Step Programs
- Gender and Spirituality
- Grief and Spirituality
- The Spirituality of the Elder Years