PSY 6643 - Cross-Cultural Topics

Institution:

Alliant International University

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(Topics vary) 1) The Holocaust - To become a student of an event of this magnitude requires willingness to think the unthinkable and bear the unbearable in a desperate attempt to understand the unfathomable. A healthy percentage of class time on discussion of assigned readings by historians, rabbis, survivors, German officers, poets, philosophers, essayists and the occasional psychologist. Prerequisite: PSY 6605. 2) Psychology and Spirituality 3) Hispanic History - To familiarize students with major trends in the history and culture of Mexico from pre-Columbian to present. Requires student seminar papers on subjects including: Mexican literature, politics, art, economic and social problems, historical figures. 4) Ritual and Healing -- Participants will seekscholarly and psychological understanding of the functions of ritual in past and contemporary cultures (especially as regards identify formation, place, life passages, grieving and meaningmaking). Mastery of Mircea Eliade's and Victor Turner's concepts applied to specific formation and mindful use of rituals - cultural, personal and professional. 5) East-West Psychologies 6) Psychology of Religions 7) Critical Issues in Latin America (taught in Mexico City)

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2.00 - 3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.alliant.edu

Phone Number:

(866) 825-5426

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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