Religious Studies

2026–2027

48 courses

COST 0030Sound, Song and Salvation in South Asia
COST 0032Music and Meditation
COST 0034Dharma: A History of Classical Indian Civilization
COST 0035Saints and Mystics of India
COST 0036Love and War in India
COST 0037Sensing the Sacred: Sensory Culture in South Asian Religions
COST 0040Great Contemplative Traditions of Asia
COST 0041Contemplation, Mysticism and Action in Christianity
COST 0067Divine Drugs: Psychedelics, Religion, and Spirituality
COST 0100Introduction to Contemplative Studies
COST 0120The Classical Chinese Philosophy of Life
COST 0140Food, Religion and Politics in South Asia
COST 0145Karma, Rebirth and Liberation: Life and Death in South Asian Religions
COST 0200Meditation and the Brain
COST 0440Contemplation and the Natural World
COST 0450Stages of the Contemplative Path
COST 0480Buddhist Ethical Theory
COST 0520Tai Chi, Qigong, and Traditions of Energy Cultivation in China
COST 0525The History and Practice of Yoga in India and Beyond
COST 0526This Whole World is OM: Mantras in Indian Religions
COST 0535Self Transformation and Transcendence in Later Daoist Contemplative Traditions
COST 0550Tibetan Buddhism and the West
COST 0555Zen: An Introduction
COST 0560Contemplation and Social Action
COST 0650Psychology and Philosophy of Happiness (PHIL 0650)
COST 0711Being Zen: Zen Practice and its Asian Roots
COST 0725Psychedelics in Religion, Science, and Healing
COST 0855The Bhagavad Gītā (CLAS 0855)
COST 0924How Did Bodhidharma Come to the West?
COST 0990Concepts of the Self in Classical Indian Literature (CLAS 0990)
COST 1020Cognitive Neuroscience of Meditation
COST 1030The Contemplative Science of Compassion
COST 1080Meditation, Mindfulness and Health (PHP 1880)
COST 1082Me, Myself, and I: Exploring Senses of Self from a Multidisciplinary Perspective
COST 1090The Craving Mind
COST 1095Mindfulness Epidemiology (PHP 1895)
COST 1420The Contemplative Foundations of Classical Daoism
COST 1442The History, Philosophy, and Practice of Rinzai Zen Buddhism
COST 1520Consciousness (PHIL 1520)
COST 1700AThe History, Philosophy, and Practice of Rinzai Zen: Zen Master Hakuin Ekaku
COST 1705APrinciples and Practices of Contemplative Studies
COST 1870Neuroethics (SCSO 1700P)
COST 1885Measuring Mindfulness
COST 1890The Craving Mind (PHP 1890)
COST 1910Individual Study Project – Semester 1
COST 1920Individual Study Project - Semester 2
COST 1950Senior Concentrators' Seminar
COST 1980Thesis Preparation