Naropa University

Art Therapy

In this 51-credit major, students engage in an in-depth liberal arts education that integrates traditional and progressive approaches to the behavioral sciences, a strong introduction to art therapy theory, visual arts studio education, and community-based service-learning opportunities. The curriculum encompasses art therapy courses as well as significant credits in visual arts, world art history, and psychology, with a field placement incorporated into the senior year.

Clinical Mental Health Counseling

The Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) in the Graduate School of Counseling & Psychology prepares students to be compassionate, skilled, and knowledgeable professional counselors by drawing on the insights of world wisdom traditions, experiential self-reflection, and contemporary empirical findings in order to work inclusively with diverse populations.

Contemplative Education

Contemplative Psychology

Contemplative Psychotherapy

Creative Writing

Naropa's Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing is a low-residency mentorship program that offers students rigorous instruction in innovative prose, poetry, and cross-genre forms, as well as professional development.

Creative Writing & Literature

The Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and Literature is a 36-credit major with a curriculum that balances writing workshops and literary studies, reflecting the conviction that creative writing, reading, and critical analysis cultivate a writer's growth. Students have the opportunity to acquire professional skills in letterpress printing through the Harry Smith Print Shop and publishing experience with Bombay Gin literary journal.

Creative Writing & Poetics

The MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics is a two-year, 48-credit graduate degree. The program draws on the juxtaposition of Eastern wisdom and Western scholarship with a focus on contemplative writing practices, offering an immersive on-campus experience in innovative poetry, prose, and cross-genre writing.

Divinity

The 72-credit Master of Divinity degree prepares students for a role in professional spiritual care and leadership for the fields of chaplaincy, religious vocations, spiritual teaching, change agency, social entrepreneurship, and academia. The program is firmly grounded in Buddhist philosophy and meditation practice, while emphasizing an interreligious, contemplative approach to the care of individuals and communities.

Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Education

Ecopsychology

Ecopsychology integrates psychology with ecology in the study of human/nature relationships, with contemplative practice and transpersonal psychology providing a foundation for this integration. The low-residency Master of Arts in Ecopsychology program is a two-year, 38-credit program that begins with a ten-day residential intensive and continues online. This is not a clinical program and does not lead to licensure; students complete both written and service-learning projects.

Elementary Education

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies is an inherently transdisciplinary field arising from the interaction of Western-based natural and social sciences with other sources of wisdom and tradition. The Environmental Studies 39-credit major is designed to empower students to develop the knowledge base and skill set needed to address complex environmental issues, studied through five interrelated strands: field science, sacred ecology, sustainability, permaculture, and environmental history and justice.

Indo-Tibetan Buddhism

Indo-Tibetan Buddhism/Language

Interdisciplinary Studies

The Interdisciplinary Studies (INTD) major is for original thinkers, creative makers, and bold explorers who want to help the world, ideal for the highly motivated student who seeks to combine multiple disciplinary approaches and to integrate various ways of knowing and methods. The 43-credit major involves bringing a design-thinking approach to individual course selection and close collaborative work with mentors.

Music

Music

Peace Studies

Performance

Psychology

The Psychology major is 41 credit hours: 32 credits from the psychology core requirements and 9 credits from one of the concentrations. The core requirements consist of courses in psychology and meditation from the Buddhist and other contemplative traditions, as well as courses in Western psychology.

Religious Studies

Religious Studies

The Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies is a 37-credit major in which students explore religion in a variety of ways, with an emphasis on contemplative practices and traditions. Course offerings include Buddhist, Hindu, Sufi, Jewish, African, Christian, Islamic, and Pagan traditions. Students have the opportunity to develop inner resources to meet life's challenges, and inter-spiritual dialogue skills to relate to diverse traditions and beliefs.

Religious Studies BA

Religious Studies MA

Religious Studies w/ Language

Religious Studies: Yoga Studies

This 40-credit Religious Studies MA concentration offers comprehensive training in Yoga Studies, designed for both students interested in doctoral programs as well as yoga teachers and practitioners. It provides a deep immersion in the history of yogic philosophies and embodied disciplines and a foundation in the Sanskrit language, based in a contemplative pedagogical approach that includes training in systems of yogic meditation.

Resilient Leadership

Somatic Counseling Psychology

Theater: Contemporary Performance

Traditional Eastern Arts

Traditional Eastern Arts: Yoga Teacher Training

The Naropa Traditional Eastern Arts Certificate—Yoga Teacher Training program is a one- or two-year, 30-credit program designed to give the student proficiency in teaching yoga (15 credits), the history and philosophy of yoga (3 credits), a foundation of sitting meditation (3 credits), anatomy (3 credits), language study (3 credits), and one elective (3 credits). The certificate program is offered for non-degree-seeking students.

Transpersonal Counseling Psychology

Transpersonal Psychology

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Visual Arts

Visual Arts

The 36-credit major in Visual Arts includes studio electives in several painting media, calligraphic forms, sculpture, ceramics, and photography. Required courses in drawing, world art history, contemplative and studio practice, and professional preparation form the foundation of the degree. The final project includes a digital portfolio, artist's statement, and an exhibition in the Nalanda Art Galleries.

Yoga Studies

Naropa University's 36-credit Yoga Studies program is dedicated to the education, preservation, and application of the vast teachings of yoga, offering a comprehensive study of yoga's history, theory, and philosophy as well as an in-depth immersion and training in its practice and methodologies. Students study Sanskrit, Ayurveda, anatomy, yoga therapy, Hinduism, Tantra, and Buddhism while engaging in an intensive teacher training curriculum.