validated by Calamus International University
Master's, Ph.D.
The Calamus MA in
Consciousness Studies is open to all with a Bachelor’s degree and
interest in the field. In exceptional circumstances, well-qualified
persons without a Bachelor’s degree may be admitted.
The focus is on studies
of the subjective explorations of consciousness including altered
states of consciousness.
Students may negotiate
an individual syllabus drawing from the units available in the
Course Unit List plus any other studies or units agreed with the
course tutor.
If the student is not a
graduate in psychology, an Introductory Psychology course must be
included unless other studies in psychology have been taken.
Otherwise students may
draw from the following broad subject areas:
·
Altered
states of consciousness
·
Hypnosis
and hypnotherapy
·
The
unconscious mind
·
Survival
of consciousness after death and after-death communication
·
Consciousness and the new physics (including field theories)
·
Parapsychology
·
Religious
and mystical experience
·
Remote
viewing
·
Dreams and
Dreaming
·
Shamanic
States of Consciousness
·
Channelling other streams of consciousness
·
Meditation
·
Past life
regression
·
Journaling
and creative techniques/ psychology of creativity
·
Dissociative Disorders
·
Memory
studies/False Memory controversy
·
The UFO
abduction phenomenon
·
Biological
and/or pharmacological basis of altered states of consciousness
·
Psychoanalytic and Jungian studies
(Every one of the above
areas does not have to be included.)
Plus electives as
agreed.
45 credits (equivalent
to 15 x 3-credit courses) will normally be required to complete the
MA. The degree may be completed entirely by taught units or may
incorporate a project which will be worth 9 credits.
