master's degrees for initiates
MISSION STATEMENT AND PURPOSE
Our Mission is:
To educate, according to the Teachings of the Path of Soul Transcendence, Souls to Love God; live in Grace; and to Understand and live in the Spirit They are and to provide a Loving, Caring and Nurturing environment for the Soul's Growth and Progression.
To fulfill this Mission, the Seminary has Classes; Workshops, Independent Projects; Informal Gatherings; Service Projects; and Focus and Direction with the Dean to help all Students Understand and live by the Spiritual Realities that govern Their lives and to re-commit to and re-invigorate Their lives.
Our focus is the Student's Learning by experience AND by the Loving Discipline of Scholarship using the Self as the Key Resource.
DEGREE AND NON-DEGREE PROGRAMS
Students may enroll in either a Degree-granting Program or audit Classes offered by the Seminary. All Students are required to follow the LEARNING SEQUENCES as outlined in the Section.
Students can choose to enroll, if a Student of the Sound Current (Initiate), in the Master of Science in The Science of Spirit or, if the Student has previously received Ordination from the Seminary, the Student must enroll in the Master of Divinity (M.Div.) Program. Students who wish to receive Ordination from the Seminary need to enroll in the M.Div. Program in order to be eligible for Ordination. All M.S applicants need to have begun their second year as Students of the Sound Current.
All those who have received Master's degrees may apply to the Ph.D. Program in The Science of Spirit or to the Doctor of Divinity (D.D) Program. Those who gain conditional admission may be required to take Master's-level Courses at the Seminary before continuing with the Doctoral Program. Only those with an M.Div. degree from the Seminary are eligible to be admitted directly to the D.D. Program.
Please note that application to the Seminary is not a guarantee of Admission; all applications are handled on an individual basis and, even when admission is granted, admission to the Seminary may be conditional upon the successful completion of the prerequisite work.
APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION
Please download, print and complete the application form along with the letter of recommendation form. Please be sure to complete every item so that your application can be processed; please be sure to include a check for $50 made out to Center for Religion and Advanced Spiritual Studies and marked "Application" on memo line. All applications need to be accompanied by an official transcript from the college or university from which the degree below the one being sought was granted. Students who wish to apply to the Doctoral Program of the Seminary and who have received their Master's from the Seminary do not need a transcript.
Applications are due four weeks before the start of each semester; those received after that date are processed for the following semester.
A Student in the Degree Program is considered registered as long as the Student is making progress towards a Degree; a Student needs to re-apply if he or she chooses not to attend for a Semester.
A Student may attend the Seminary as an Audit Student to partake of the Offerings in the Sequence as set forth in this catalog.
If an Audit Student wishes to transfer to one of the Degree Programs, the Student must notify the Office of the Dean in writing no later than the midpoint of completion of the Third Sequence. There is a nominal fee of $25 to re-register as a Student in a Degree Program.
REQUIREMENTS FOR A MASTER'S DEGREE
Please see the following sections with the details of each of the following requirements to receive an M.A. in Spiritual Studies:
1. LEARNING SEQUENCE;
2. SERVICE SEQUENCE;
3. MASTER'S THESIS;
4. ATTENDANCE;
5. FEES;
6. QUALIFYING EVALUATION AND INTERVIEW WITH THE DEAN.
Learning and Service Sequence For M.S. Degree in the Science of Spirit
LEARNING SEQUENCE 1: Beginners' Class; Communications Class; Relationships Class; Money Workshop I
LEARNING SEQUENCE 2: Everyday Evolution I (Class or Workshop, depending on offering); Tools For Living Free Class
LEARNING SEQUENCE 3: The Money Workbook Class; Money Workshop II; Dream Class
LEARNING SEQUENCE 4: Fear, Hurt, Pain and Other Attachments; The Teachings Class
LEARNING SEQUENCE 5: Everyday Evolution II (Class or Workshop); "Understanding The Spirit You Are - Part 1"; Living In Grace
MAY BE TAKEN AT ANY TIME: Survey of Religions East and West
SERVICE PROJECT 1: Must be started at the same time as LEARNING SEQUENCE 3 and finished by the fifth Class of LEARNING SEQUENCE 4.
SERVICE PROJECT 2: Must be started by the ninth week of LEARNING SEQUENCE 4 and finished by the end of LEARNING SEQUENCE 5.
Learning and Service Project Sequence For M.DIV. Degree
LEARNING SEQUENCE 1: Beginner's Class; Communications Class; Relationships Class; Money Workshop I
LEARNING SEQUENCE 2: Everyday Evolution 1 (Class or Workshop, depending on offering); Tools For Living Free Class
LEARNING SEQUENCE 3: The Money Workbook Class; Money Workshop II; Dream Class
LEARNING SEQUENCE 4: Fear, Hurt, Pain and Other Attachments; The Teachings Class
LEARNING SEQUENCE 5: Everyday Evolution II (Class or Workshop); "Understanding The Spirit You Are - Part 1"; Living In Grace
LEARNING SEQUENCE 6: "Understanding The Spirit You Are - Part 2": Understanding, Applying and Living The "Bible" of the Path of Soul Transcendence; The TEACHINGS Class and HU-mankind.
MAY BE TAKEN AT ANY TIME: Survey of Religions East and West
SERVICE PROJECT 1: Must be started at the same time as LEARNING SEQUENCE 3 and finished by the fifth Class of LEARNING SEQUENCE 4.
SERVICE PROJECT 2: Must be started by the ninth week of LEARNING SEQUENCE 4 and finished by the end of LEARNING SEQUENCE 5.
SERVICE PROJECT 3: Begins in conjunction with the Service Project Coordinator's decision and ends two weeks before Qualifying Interview with the Dean. This Service Project exposes the student to at least one of the possible fields of focus in the Ministry and in the Doctoral Program.
See CLASS AND SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS
MASTER'S THESIS
The M.S. Student meets with his/her Thesis Advisor at the beginning of LEARNING SEQUENCE 3 to discuss and focus the Thesis. The M.S. Student must start the Thesis by the midpoint of this Sequence and complete by the end of LEARNING SEQUENCE 5.
M.Div. Students will meet with their Thesis Advisor at the start of LEARNING SEQUENCE 4; again at the midpoint of this Sequence and complete by the end of LEARNING SEQUENCE 6. Monthly meetings with the Thesis Advisor are required and are the responsibility of the Student to arrange.
All Students must demonstrate an understanding of the Teachings; a successful integration and application in the Student's daily life of the Teachings; and Scholarship.
ATTENDANCE
Attendance is a vital component of the educational experience at the Seminary as the focus is on both Scholarship and Experiential Learning. Accordingly, Students are required to attend Satsangs (Spiritual Instructions) and Video Showings on a monthly basis and Meditations semi-monthly (twice a month); in addition, the Student also has the option to attend the monthly Sunday Program of Reading and DiscussingTools For Living Free and The Teachings Study Group. Students are expected to actively use the Library for Audio and Video TAPES and issues of educational publications such as Tools for Living Free.
QUALIFYING EVALUATION AND INTERVIEW WITH THE DEAN
By the end of the fifth class of the last Sequence before being eligible for Graduation, each Student needs to contact the Office of the Dean and arrange a time, upon completion of ALL work, to sit for the Qualifying Evaluation and Interview with the Dean.
During this time together, the Student and the Dean evaluate the Student's mastery of the Work and Learning and the integration of the Teachings into his/her daily life; the continued commitment to same and to the Perfection of Spirit that the Student is and to the Teachings as the foundation of his/her life. Areas that need greater fulfillment are identified as are the Student's strength.
A determination based upon the above and a Grade Point Average in ALL work of 3.2 on a scale of 4.0 is also made as to the Student's eligibility to graduate as per the Student's schedule, with a minimum grade of B- (2.7) in a Course.
FEES
The Seminary believes that meeting fiscal responsibilities is an invaluable part of the Student's education. Accordingly, all fees at the Seminary are modest and must be paid according to the commitment agreements for each Class, Workshops or Service Project as well as those for the Qualifying Evaluation and Interview with the Dean and for Graduation.
Failure to adhere to the above results in an Inc. being given. If not paid by the end of the Sequence in which fees accrued, the Student will receive a Failure for the Course(s), Workshops(s) and Projects(s) and Thesis work involved. No further Work can be done at the Seminary until such Failure is removed by payment of the fees owed and repeating all failed work, which involves fees for all work repeated.
All requests for scholarship money must be received by the Office of the Dean four weeks before the beginning of the LEARNING or SERVICE PROJECT SEQUENCE for which you wish to use the funds. All requests must include the reason why you wish to apply, the amount for which you are applying and the work involved and what Services you are willing to provide for the Seminary, if awarded. Please note that only those requests which contain the above are considered and that the amount of monies offered is based upon amount available; the Student's commitment to the experience and the integration into daily life of the Teachings; and adherence to the Standards of the Seminary.
See Fee Schedule
Our Mission is:
To educate, according to the Teachings of the Path of Soul Transcendence, Souls to Love God; live in Grace; and to Understand and live in the Spirit They are and to provide a Loving, Caring and Nurturing environment for the Soul's Growth and Progression.
To fulfill this Mission, the Seminary has Classes; Workshops, Independent Projects; Informal Gatherings; Service Projects; and Focus and Direction with the Dean to help all Students Understand and live by the Spiritual Realities that govern Their lives and to re-commit to and re-invigorate Their lives.
Our focus is the Student's Learning by experience AND by the Loving Discipline of Scholarship using the Self as the Key Resource.
DEGREE AND NON-DEGREE PROGRAMS
Students may enroll in either a Degree-granting Program or audit Classes offered by the Seminary. All Students are required to follow the LEARNING SEQUENCES as outlined in the Section.
Students can choose to enroll, if a Student of the Sound Current (Initiate), in the Master of Science in The Science of Spirit or, if the Student has previously received Ordination from the Seminary, the Student must enroll in the Master of Divinity (M.Div.) Program. Students who wish to receive Ordination from the Seminary need to enroll in the M.Div. Program in order to be eligible for Ordination. All M.S applicants need to have begun their second year as Students of the Sound Current.
All those who have received Master's degrees may apply to the Ph.D. Program in The Science of Spirit or to the Doctor of Divinity (D.D) Program. Those who gain conditional admission may be required to take Master's-level Courses at the Seminary before continuing with the Doctoral Program. Only those with an M.Div. degree from the Seminary are eligible to be admitted directly to the D.D. Program.
Please note that application to the Seminary is not a guarantee of Admission; all applications are handled on an individual basis and, even when admission is granted, admission to the Seminary may be conditional upon the successful completion of the prerequisite work.
APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION
Please download, print and complete the application form along with the letter of recommendation form. Please be sure to complete every item so that your application can be processed; please be sure to include a check for $50 made out to Center for Religion and Advanced Spiritual Studies and marked "Application" on memo line. All applications need to be accompanied by an official transcript from the college or university from which the degree below the one being sought was granted. Students who wish to apply to the Doctoral Program of the Seminary and who have received their Master's from the Seminary do not need a transcript.
Applications are due four weeks before the start of each semester; those received after that date are processed for the following semester.
A Student in the Degree Program is considered registered as long as the Student is making progress towards a Degree; a Student needs to re-apply if he or she chooses not to attend for a Semester.
A Student may attend the Seminary as an Audit Student to partake of the Offerings in the Sequence as set forth in this catalog.
If an Audit Student wishes to transfer to one of the Degree Programs, the Student must notify the Office of the Dean in writing no later than the midpoint of completion of the Third Sequence. There is a nominal fee of $25 to re-register as a Student in a Degree Program.
REQUIREMENTS FOR A MASTER'S DEGREE
Please see the following sections with the details of each of the following requirements to receive an M.A. in Spiritual Studies:
1. LEARNING SEQUENCE;
2. SERVICE SEQUENCE;
3. MASTER'S THESIS;
4. ATTENDANCE;
5. FEES;
6. QUALIFYING EVALUATION AND INTERVIEW WITH THE DEAN.
Learning and Service Sequence For M.S. Degree in the Science of Spirit
LEARNING SEQUENCE 1: Beginners' Class; Communications Class; Relationships Class; Money Workshop I
LEARNING SEQUENCE 2: Everyday Evolution I (Class or Workshop, depending on offering); Tools For Living Free Class
LEARNING SEQUENCE 3: The Money Workbook Class; Money Workshop II; Dream Class
LEARNING SEQUENCE 4: Fear, Hurt, Pain and Other Attachments; The Teachings Class
LEARNING SEQUENCE 5: Everyday Evolution II (Class or Workshop); "Understanding The Spirit You Are - Part 1"; Living In Grace
MAY BE TAKEN AT ANY TIME: Survey of Religions East and West
SERVICE PROJECT 1: Must be started at the same time as LEARNING SEQUENCE 3 and finished by the fifth Class of LEARNING SEQUENCE 4.
SERVICE PROJECT 2: Must be started by the ninth week of LEARNING SEQUENCE 4 and finished by the end of LEARNING SEQUENCE 5.
Learning and Service Project Sequence For M.DIV. Degree
LEARNING SEQUENCE 1: Beginner's Class; Communications Class; Relationships Class; Money Workshop I
LEARNING SEQUENCE 2: Everyday Evolution 1 (Class or Workshop, depending on offering); Tools For Living Free Class
LEARNING SEQUENCE 3: The Money Workbook Class; Money Workshop II; Dream Class
LEARNING SEQUENCE 4: Fear, Hurt, Pain and Other Attachments; The Teachings Class
LEARNING SEQUENCE 5: Everyday Evolution II (Class or Workshop); "Understanding The Spirit You Are - Part 1"; Living In Grace
LEARNING SEQUENCE 6: "Understanding The Spirit You Are - Part 2": Understanding, Applying and Living The "Bible" of the Path of Soul Transcendence; The TEACHINGS Class and HU-mankind.
MAY BE TAKEN AT ANY TIME: Survey of Religions East and West
SERVICE PROJECT 1: Must be started at the same time as LEARNING SEQUENCE 3 and finished by the fifth Class of LEARNING SEQUENCE 4.
SERVICE PROJECT 2: Must be started by the ninth week of LEARNING SEQUENCE 4 and finished by the end of LEARNING SEQUENCE 5.
SERVICE PROJECT 3: Begins in conjunction with the Service Project Coordinator's decision and ends two weeks before Qualifying Interview with the Dean. This Service Project exposes the student to at least one of the possible fields of focus in the Ministry and in the Doctoral Program.
See CLASS AND SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS
MASTER'S THESIS
The M.S. Student meets with his/her Thesis Advisor at the beginning of LEARNING SEQUENCE 3 to discuss and focus the Thesis. The M.S. Student must start the Thesis by the midpoint of this Sequence and complete by the end of LEARNING SEQUENCE 5.
M.Div. Students will meet with their Thesis Advisor at the start of LEARNING SEQUENCE 4; again at the midpoint of this Sequence and complete by the end of LEARNING SEQUENCE 6. Monthly meetings with the Thesis Advisor are required and are the responsibility of the Student to arrange.
All Students must demonstrate an understanding of the Teachings; a successful integration and application in the Student's daily life of the Teachings; and Scholarship.
ATTENDANCE
Attendance is a vital component of the educational experience at the Seminary as the focus is on both Scholarship and Experiential Learning. Accordingly, Students are required to attend Satsangs (Spiritual Instructions) and Video Showings on a monthly basis and Meditations semi-monthly (twice a month); in addition, the Student also has the option to attend the monthly Sunday Program of Reading and DiscussingTools For Living Free and The Teachings Study Group. Students are expected to actively use the Library for Audio and Video TAPES and issues of educational publications such as Tools for Living Free.
QUALIFYING EVALUATION AND INTERVIEW WITH THE DEAN
By the end of the fifth class of the last Sequence before being eligible for Graduation, each Student needs to contact the Office of the Dean and arrange a time, upon completion of ALL work, to sit for the Qualifying Evaluation and Interview with the Dean.
During this time together, the Student and the Dean evaluate the Student's mastery of the Work and Learning and the integration of the Teachings into his/her daily life; the continued commitment to same and to the Perfection of Spirit that the Student is and to the Teachings as the foundation of his/her life. Areas that need greater fulfillment are identified as are the Student's strength.
A determination based upon the above and a Grade Point Average in ALL work of 3.2 on a scale of 4.0 is also made as to the Student's eligibility to graduate as per the Student's schedule, with a minimum grade of B- (2.7) in a Course.
FEES
The Seminary believes that meeting fiscal responsibilities is an invaluable part of the Student's education. Accordingly, all fees at the Seminary are modest and must be paid according to the commitment agreements for each Class, Workshops or Service Project as well as those for the Qualifying Evaluation and Interview with the Dean and for Graduation.
Failure to adhere to the above results in an Inc. being given. If not paid by the end of the Sequence in which fees accrued, the Student will receive a Failure for the Course(s), Workshops(s) and Projects(s) and Thesis work involved. No further Work can be done at the Seminary until such Failure is removed by payment of the fees owed and repeating all failed work, which involves fees for all work repeated.
All requests for scholarship money must be received by the Office of the Dean four weeks before the beginning of the LEARNING or SERVICE PROJECT SEQUENCE for which you wish to use the funds. All requests must include the reason why you wish to apply, the amount for which you are applying and the work involved and what Services you are willing to provide for the Seminary, if awarded. Please note that only those requests which contain the above are considered and that the amount of monies offered is based upon amount available; the Student's commitment to the experience and the integration into daily life of the Teachings; and adherence to the Standards of the Seminary.
See Fee Schedule