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College of Graduate and Professional Studies Course descriptionsnature of workplace information flow and how to design strategicinformation and communication systems that enable knowledgesharing and collaboration.deepen our understanding of how archetypes and myths address usevery day in our dreams, our relationships, our conflicts, and ourmishaps. Prerequisites: Prerequisite: CNS 5030.BuS 5800 Business internship 1 - 6This course provides students the opportunity to explore specificjob functions by interning at companies and observing peopleperforming those jobs. Students may experience administrative,operations, marketing, sales, finance, technology, and otherprograms in various capacities.BuS 5900 Topics in Business administration 1 - 3This course provides an opportunity for current business andorganizational trends and issues to be explored. It may be repeatedfor credit if the topic is different.BuS 5995 independent Study in Businessadministration 1 - 6To be arranged with consent of instructor and approval of the dean.May be repeated for credit with a change of topic.COnSCiOuSneSS and TranSFOrMaTiVe STudieS[CnS] CoursesCnS 5010 Paradigms of Consciousness 3This course examines the nature and structure of paradigms andparadigm shifts in scientific, psychological, social, and metaphysicalthinking, and emphasizes living systems theory and integral andholistic philosophies as they relate to ecology, health, creativity, andconflict resolution. Prerequisites: Corequisite: COR 3145.CnS 5015 Body Consciousness/Body Wisdom 2This experiential course gives students the opportunity to exploretheir own body sensations, and in so doing, to make contact withits wisdom and power. We explore various areas and systems of thebody, listening to their messages about what makes us feelsupported, trusting, and strong; what makes us feel alive andpassionate; what is right for us; what makes us feel satisfied; whatdo we care for and what do we want to give; what are ourboundaries and what do we want to express; and what makes us feelprotected and safe. Along the way, we consider messages that signalstress, anxiety, hunger, fear, and vulnerability.CnS 5017 introduction to integral Theory 1In this course, students are introduced to the five elements of KenWilber’s integral theory including quadrants, levels, lines, states,and types. Class activities examine the relevance of this model as aframework for conscious evolution in the modern age.CnS 5020 archetypal Mythology 3In this course, students will learn why Freud, Jung, and so manyothers intrigued by the depths—writers, philosophers, painters,filmmakers, culture critics—have outgrown the notion of myth as“untruth” to encounter its central role in the life of the psyche. Thiswill prepare us to explore archetypal modes of conscious ness andCnS 5023 Shamanic Traditions 2Shamanic practices and rituals that acknowledge and strengthenrelationship to family, community, and the earth are sorely lackingin our modern culture, yet with each person’s ancestral lineages canbe found evidence of earth-based spirituality, nurtured andsupported through shamanic traditions. In this class, students willresearch shamanic practices within their ancestral lineages with theintention of integrating these practices with present-day knowledge.CnS 5025 Cosmology & Consciousness 3In recent years, with advances in brain research and insights fromquantum theory, new light has been shed on the vital question of“what is consciousness?” In this course, students will learn how thebrain may take advantage of the strange and revolutionary aspectsof quantum theory, deciding for itself how reality may unfold.Prerequisite: CNS 5010.CnS 5027 non-Ordinary States of Consciousness 2This course will examine the intersection between the subjectiveand objective experience of various non-ordinary states ofconsciousness. Students will explore the brain-basedneurophysiology as well as the subjective experience of variousnon-ordinary states of consciousness. Subjects may include thework of Stan Grof (Holotropic Breathwork, exploration of nativescience), Charles Tart (psy phenomena), shamanic consciousness,deep meditation, the use of hallucinogenic drugs, and othernon-ordinary states.CnS 5030 Sleep, dreams, and States ofConsciousness 2Students will examine recent scientific research in sleep and dreamsand explore a variety of techniques in working with dreams. Thecourse focuses on the states of consciousness within sleep anddifferent phenomena of the dreaming mind. Students will alsoexplore their own dreams through different experiential andcreative explorations.CnS 5033 Consciousness and Psychology 2This course will take a critical and appreciative look attranspersonal theoretical principles in the work of Carl Jung, A.H.Almaas, Roberto Assagioli, Stanislav Grof, and Sri Aurobindo. Inclass discussions, readings, and experiential exercises, studentsexplore ways in which consciousness, psyche, and spirit intersectin the work of each of these theorists. Prerequisites: Prerequisite:CNS 5017.CnS 5035 Consciousness and Philosophy of Mind 3This course provides a scholarly grounding in the core philosophicalissues surrounding the study of consciousness. This course willexplore the three main “problems” in philosophy of mind: (1) the“mind-body” problem (how does consciousness relate to thephysical world), (2) the “problem of other minds” (how can we knowif other people, animals, plans, or even rocks have consciousness?),College of Graduate andProfessional StudiesJOHN F. KENNEDy UNIvERSITy College of Graduate and Professional Studies 123