Students registering in post-secondary level courses (numbered 100 to 499) will be required to meet the requirements. Students in ELS or the University Foundations programs can register in those courses identified in the with lower levels of language proficiency.
Please note that not all courses are offered every semester.
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.
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.
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鈥� 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.
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.
