{"id":4184,"date":"2017-02-24T16:58:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T21:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2017-2018\/?page_id=4184"},"modified":"2021-11-30T09:43:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:43:24","slug":"sshscontemplative-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2021-2022\/sshscontemplative-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemplative Studies Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/\">School of Social Science and Human Services<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"facultyTable\"><div class=\"row colSet\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \"><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"convenerListing\">Convener:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/carol-bonilla-bowman\/\">Carol Bowman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/david-gurney\/\">David Gurney<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<h4 class=\"facultyListing\">Faculty:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/hgs\/faculty\/lisa-m-cassidy\/\">Lisa Cassidy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/martha-ecker\/\">Martha Ecker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/hgs\/faculty\/paul-elovitz\/\">Paul Elovitz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/james-morley\/\">James Morley<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<ul>\n<li>Chuck Stead<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/asb\/faculty\/malavika-sundararajan\/\">Malavika Sundararajan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/ashwani-vasishth\/\">Ashwani Vasishth<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Terra Vandergraw<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Current as of June 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span> About the Minor<\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p>Contemplative Studies is an emerging interdisciplinary field.\u00a0 It features specific themes from across a wide spectrum of knowledge such as Philosophy, Religious Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Social Justice and Environmental Studies as well as the professions and the arts. \u00a0Contemplative Studies address the meditative, contemplative or \u2018mindfulness\u2019 practices present in:<\/p>\n<p>1. contemporary methods of the social and natural sciences<\/p>\n<p>2. concepts and contexts of cultural-historical traditions.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, Contemplative Studies is both an experimental and a critical approach to knowledge. Incorporating direct embodied experience into academic discourse. This minor is emblematic Ramapo\u2019s vision of interdisciplinary, experiential, international and intercultural learning.<\/p>\n<p>As an interdisciplinary minor, Contemplative Studies serves as a rich Liberal Arts compliment to any major or professional training.\u00a0 The minor is divided between 4 required core areas (12 credits) and two electives (8 credits) that integrate with other Liberal Arts majors and professional preparations such as psychology, social work, business, medicine, law, geriatrics, education, nursing and environmental studies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span> Outcomes for the Minor<\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p>The central objective of the program is to provide interested students with a comprehensive cultural and historical understanding of contemplative practice and the skills to employ contemplation as a tool throughout their life.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Goal 1: Students will develop proficiency in intra-personal reflective skills.\n<ul>\n<li>Outcome 1: Students reflective assignment will display self-knowledge by clearly representing perception of sensations, emotions and thoughts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Goal 2: Students will develop proficiency in interpersonal communication skills.\n<ul>\n<li>Outcome 2.1: Students will document and analyze difficult interpersonal communication and suggest more effective strategies for resolving difficulties. (<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Goal 3: Students will explore ethical standards in their actions, words and thoughts.\n<ul>\n<li>Outcome 31: Student will discuss ethical issues and their effects on the common good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span> Requirements of the Minor<\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<ol>\n<li>At least half of the courses fulfilling a minor must be distinct from the student\u2019s major. That is, three of the six courses required for a minor cannot be used towards fulfillment of major requirements. A School Core does not need to be completed for a minor. Minors are open to students regardless of school affiliation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5 align=\"center\"><strong>CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES\u00a0MINOR<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div class=\"courseTable\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"majorTableHeading\">Subject &amp; Course # &#8211; Title &amp; Course Description<\/li>\n<li><strong>REQUIRED:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a2832ce4\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/CNST240\" target=\"_blank\">CNST 240 - MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT\u00a0ONE CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES COURSE:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a2832f01\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/EDUC205\" target=\"_blank\">EDUC 205 - PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE OF CONTEMPLATIVE EDUCATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a283328c\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PSYC220\" target=\"_blank\">PSYC 220 - THE PSYCHOLOGY OF YOGA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT\u00a0ONE CONTEMPLATIVE\u00a0PRACTICE COURSE:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a28335d8\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/EXSS104\" target=\"_blank\">EXSS 104 - YOGA 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a2833898\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/EXSS109\" target=\"_blank\">EXSS 109 - YOGA 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT\u00a0ONE CONTEMPLATIVE\u00a0CULTURE &amp; TRADITIONS\u00a0COURSE:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a2833ab1\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/LITR260\" target=\"_blank\">LITR 260 - WORLD MYTHOLOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a2833ca2\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PHIL201\" target=\"_blank\">PHIL 201 - WORLD WISDOM TRADITIONS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a2833ea5\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PHIL235\" target=\"_blank\">PHIL 235 - ASIAN PHILOSOPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a28340cf\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PHIL304\" target=\"_blank\">PHIL 304 - SELF GROWTH<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>ELECTIVES:\u00a0 SELECT TWO<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a28342a2\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/BADM301\" target=\"_blank\">BADM 301 - ETHICS IN BUSINESS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a2834483\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/CNST230\" target=\"_blank\">CNST 230 - MINDFUL SELF-COMPASSION SEMINAR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a2834646\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/EDUC230\" target=\"_blank\">EDUC 230 - METHODS OF CONTEMPLATIVE EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a2834805\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/EDUC210\" target=\"_blank\">EDUC 210 - YOGA PEDAGOGY: DEEPENING KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING TO TEACH<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a2834a07\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST209\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 209 - WORLD SUSTAINABILITY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a2835295\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST335\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 335 - ECOLOGY, SOCIETY, AND THE SACRED<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a28357e3\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/EXSS201\" target=\"_blank\">EXSS 201 - YOGA ANATOMY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a2835b33\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/LAWS210\" target=\"_blank\">LAWS 210 - LAW JUSTICE AND MORALITY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a2835d3b\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/LAWS340\" target=\"_blank\">LAWS 340 - CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a2836050\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PHIL321\" target=\"_blank\">PHIL 321 - PHILOSOPHY OF ART AND BEAUTY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a28363d6\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/SOCI230\" target=\"_blank\">SOCI 230 - SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & MEDICINE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d35a28365e4\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/THEA260\" target=\"_blank\">THEA 260 - VOICE AND MOVEMENT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span> Related Information<\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/\">School of Social Science and Human Services Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/\">Faculty Profiles <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website: School of Social Science and Human Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":683,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4184","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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