WON BUDDHISM (12 CREDITS)
12 credits from the courses listed:
WBS 531 – (3 credits) – Heart of Awakening
WBS 536 – (3 credits) – Cultivating the Mind
WBS 541 – (3 credits) – Ground of Won Buddhist Ethics
WBS 660 – (3 credits) – Master’s Degree Project**
**required for general track students
PRACTICE (10 CREDITS)
9 credits from the three courses listed:
WBS 520 – (3 credits) – Buddhist Meditation*
WBS 560 – (3 credits) – Basics of Meditation Facilitation
WBS 585 – (3 credits) – Survey of Contemplative Practice
WBS 590 – (3 credits) – Won Buddhist Retreat in Korea
WBS 610 – (3 credits) –Buddhist Pastoral Counseling
WBS 650 – (3 credits) –Won Buddhist Homiletics and Liturgy*
CP 670 – (3 credits) –Theory and Practice of Vital Energy I**
CP 675 – (3 credits) –Theory and Practice of Vital Energy II
1 credit earned by completing two of the following courses:
CP 510 – (0.5 credit) – Moving Meditation I
CP 620 – (0.5 credit) – Moving Meditation II
CP 721 – (0.5 credit) – Moving Meditation III
*required for ordination-track students
Note: Students can fulfill one of the three-credit course requirements with WBS 675 Independent Study in a Practice-related topic with the permission of the WBS Department Chair.
THEORY/APPLICATION (12 CREDITS)
3 credits from the following required course:
RES-WBS 500 – (3 credits) – Critical Thinking and writing research papers
9 credits from the following courses:
WBS 505 – (3 credits) – Basic Buddhist Teachings
WBS 515 – (3 credits) – Issues in Interfaith Dialogue
WBS 545 – (3 credits) – Buddhism and Modernity
WBS 570 – (3 credits) – Applications of Meditation for the Individual & Society
PSY-WBS 580 – (3 credits) – Buddhist Psychology
WBS 620 – (3 credits) – History of Buddhist Philosophy and Practice**
WBS 625 – (3 credits) – Won Buddhism Encounters the West
WBS 640 – (3 credits) – Future Development of Won Buddhism
WBS 645 – (3 credits) – The Science of Meditation
WBS 655 – (3 credits) – Won Buddhist Temple Management*
WBS 675 – (3 credits) – Independent Study
EPMA-A 791 – (2 credits) – Mental Health: Special Topics
Note: Students can fulfill 3 credits by a CP 3-credit course not listed above or by an Acupuncture Studies course with the permission of the department chairs.
*required for ordination-track students
PRACTICA (2 CREDITS)
WBS 550 – (1 credit) – Practicum I*
WBS 680 – (1 credit) – Practicum II*
*required for ordination-track students
**required for general-track students
MWBS NON_DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
CE 400 – (non-credit) – New Student Orientation*
*Must be completed by the end of the student’s first fully matriculated term.