MBTL 700
3 credits
Introduction to Mindfulness: Research, Theory, and Practice
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Graduate certificate in Mindfulness-Based Teaching and Learning or department permission.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Introduces students to the range of mindfulness practices, concepts, theories, and research. As the first course in the MBTL graduate certificate program, it focuses on the historical, cross-cultural, and contemporary contexts of mindfulness and its role in the promotion of wellbeing, health, and lifelong learning.
MBTL 708
3 credits
Mindfulness-Based Teaching, Learning, and Leading
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Graduate certificate in Mindfulness-Based Teaching and Learning or department permission.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students explore mindfulness as an experiential learning approach that fosters attention, social-emotional learning, self-regulation, compassion, and reflection. Students critique a range of learning, teaching, and leadership theories and methods used with their respective professions, clients, and communities of practice.
MBTL 710
3 credits
Mindfulness Practice
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Graduate certificate in Mindfulness-Based Teaching and Learning or department permission.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Extends students’ skills in the practice and facilitation of mindfulness. Some of the teaching and learning experiences will transpire in a group semi-retreat context, in which students will be asked to maintain mindful awareness for an extended time.
MBTL 721
3 credits
Mindfulness Research & Practice
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Graduate certificate in Mindfulness-Based Teaching and Learning or department permission.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
In this capstone course, students integrate and apply what they've learned by conducting research and applying it within a field experience in their target profession or workplace.
