Naropa University Launches Pioneering Psychedelic Minor
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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Naropa University (Naropa), the birthplace of the modern mindfulness movement and one of the nation’s only higher educational institutions to offer a postgraduate certificate in psychedelic-assisted therapies , is now launching one of the first psychedelic minor programs in the country for undergraduate students of all majors.
Key Points:
- Naropa University (Naropa), the birthplace of the modern mindfulness movement and one of the nation’s only higher educational institutions to offer a postgraduate certificate in psychedelic-assisted therapies , is now launching one of the first psychedelic minor programs in the country for undergraduate students of all majors.
- Launching in the Fall of 2024, the 12-credit BA Psychedelic Studies Minor provides a humanities and social science-based approach to studying psychedelics.
- “Psychedelic minor graduates will be well prepared for a career in psychedelic-assisted therapy, with both Naropa University’s rigorous academic education and our singularly unique contemplative pedagogy woven throughout the curriculum,” said Naropa University President Charles G. Lief, J.D.
- "The minor in psychedelic studies integrates existing contemplative coursework across diverse disciplines with the latest scholarship on psychedelic studies,” said Betsy Gonzalez Blohm, Dean of Naropa College and the Graduate Collective.