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College of Graduate and Professional Studies Course descriptionsCollege of Graduate andProfessional Studiesa research topic. Students will also formulate research questionsand begin a literature review of books and articles relevant to theirtopic. Students will complete a small-scale project using six differentmethodologies and write a final research paper.iTh 5210 Subtle energy Systems 3This course provides students with an overview of the variousmodels of subtle energy. The various esoteric traditions areexamined as well as current research.iTh 5211 Perspectives on the Body 3This course examines the many ways the body has been under stoodhistorically, philosophically, experientially, and physically. Studentswill be given opportunities to read, discuss, and analyze classicaland contemporary views of the body, including those found inworks of art, religion, and literature as well as work on language,metaphors, body image and sexuality, and embodiment practices.The work of somatic theorists such as Reich, Lowen, and Kelemanwill also be introduced as well as common body work modalities.iTh 5212 ecological Medicine 2This course provides students with the opportunity to makeconnections between their own health and the health of the naturalenvironment around them. Issues of sustainability andenvironmental toxicity will be covered.iTh 5213 Cognitive Science 3This course examines the recent research about the brain andbehavior coming from cognitive science as well as autopoiesis.Particular focus will be placed on the embodied mind and howcognitive research can benefit from phenomenological inquiry.iTh 5214 intersubjectivity 3This course explores a number of perspectives on the space betweenpeople. Theories of object relations, postmodernism, and infantdevelopment will be covered. Students will use various exercises toexplore their own lived experience of intersubjectivity.iTh 5215 Cultural development 3This course explores the evolution of consciousness in culturethrough a seven-stage journey drawing on Gebser’s research. Therelationship between individual and cultural development will behighlighted.iTh 5216 Social Systems 2This course exposes students to systems theory and its relevance tosociety. Luhmann’s work on systems and autopoiesis is used toexplore the role of communication within social systems.iTh 5217 neuro-religion 2This course explores the neurological correlates of meditative states,investigating the research and theories relating to this.iTh 5218 ethics and Compassion 2This course will connect existential perspectives and religiousunderstandings in a personal and meaningful way for students usingvarious practices and small-group exercises.iTh 5219 emergence 3This course examines the role of living systems in the phenomenaof emergence. It will draw on the systems sciences of complexityand chaos as well as evolutionary theory. Whitehead’s philosophywill serve as a foundation for exploring these topics.iTh 5300 integral ecology 2This course will focus study on the field of ecology using the integralmodel to make sense of the main perspectives and approaches toecology as well as how to work with differences in values andworldviews on ecological systems.iTh 5301 integral Business 2In this course, students will learn about applying an integralapproach to business with particular focus on both small-scaleentrepreneurship as well as the global economic context formultinational business. Students will learn how to use quadrants,lines, and levels of integral theory in leadership development,capacity building, and conscious communication in a businesscontext. Dr. William Torbert and Dr. Cook-Greuter’s work onself-development and organizational development will be a key partof this course curriculum.iTh 5302 integral art 2In this course, students will explore how the consciousness of theartist gives rise to the artwork itself and will examine the work ofcertain artists from different stages of consciousness and culturalcontexts.iTh 5303 integral Politics 2This course investigates the complex realm of politics using anintegral approach, particularly focusing on the many dimensions ofthe political left and right, and what a transcendent synthesis ofthese might become. In this course, students will look at bothhealthy and unhealthy expressions of power from different levels ofawareness, explore the issue of corruption, and learn about theemergence of good governance. Other aspects to be exploredinclude how to use skillful means for communicating and workingwith multiple worldviews present in any population and how tointegrate spirituality into the field of politics.iTh 5304 integral Medicine 2This course will look at various modalities of medicine and healthfrom the perspectives of Ken Wilber’s integralall-quadrants/all-levels (AQAL) model.iTh 5305 integral Science 2This course will look at various scientific principles from theperspectives of Ken Wilber’s integral all-quadrants/all-levels(AQAL) model.140 College of Graduate and Professional Studies JOHN F. KENNEDy UNIvERSITy