May 10, 2024  
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2016-2017 
    
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Women’s and Gender Studies (WGST)

  
  • WGST 4300 Women in Film


    3 semester hours

    (See FTVS 473 .)


  
  • WGST 4400 Women and Politics


    4 semester hours

    (See POLS 4330 .)


  
  • WGST 4900 Senior Seminar in Women’s and Gender Studies


    4 semester hours

    Designed as a last course for students obtaining the Women’s and Gender Studies major or minor. Stress is on the organization and integration of knowledge gained regarding women in society.

    Offered only during the Spring semester.

    University Core fulfilled: Flags: Oral Skills, Writing.


  
  • WGST 4901 Service Learning in Women’s Studies


    4 semester hours

    The internship in Women’s Studies combines practical experience and feminist theory through the theme of women’s empowerment. Students work in selected placements while reading through a sequenced bibliography. They discuss their experiences and readings in seminars and papers.


  
  • WGST 4998 Special Studies


    1 TO 4 semester hours

  
  • WGST 4999 Independent Studies


    1 TO 4 semester hours


Yoga Studies (YGST)

  
  • YGST 6010 Health Science and Yoga


    3 semester hours

    An overview of anatomy and physiology from the Western perspective and Ayurvedic theories of the subtle body, health, and wholeness.


  
  • YGST 6015 Foundations of Yoga Studies


    3 semester hours

    This course will investigate basic methodological approaches to the academic study of Yoga, with an emphasis on the place of Yoga within theological discourse. It will include a bibliographic survey of primary and secondary sources and engagement with key select resources. Sikh and Christian approaches to Yoga will be included.


  
  • YGST 6020 Yoga Philosophy: Text and Practice


    3 semester hours

    A close study and discussion of the Yoga Sūtras of Patanjali, the Bhagavad Gītā, select Upanishads, the Sāmkhya Kārikā, the Yogavāsistha, and other classical literature.


  
  • YGST 6025 Sanskrit: The Yoga Sutra


    3 semester hours

    In this course students will translate the sutras from Patanjali’s seminal text the Yoga Sūtra.


  
  • YGST 6026 Sanskrit: The Bhagavad Gita


    3 semester hours

    The Bhagavad Gītā sets forth the primary practices of philosophical and meditational Yoga, including the ways of Knowledge, Action, and Devotion. We will read select passages, completing the study of various aspects of Sanskrit grammar.


  
  • YGST 6030 Hatha Yoga Texts


    3 semester hours

    This course in movement and breathing (Āsana and Prānāyāma) will draw from classical texts such as the Hatha Yoga Pradipikā, the Gherhanda Samhitā, and the Yoga Sāstra, with particular attention to practice applications. Requires demonstration of student teaching skills.


  
  • YGST 6040 Buddhism and Yoga


    3 semester hours

    Yoga’s relationship with Buddhism will be explored with an emphasis on Vipassana, Tibetan Buddhism, and Zen.


  
  • YGST 6041 Jaina Yoga


    3 semester hours

    This course, conducted in India, will immerse students in the study of Jainism, known for its emphasis on nonviolence, through philosophy, ethics, cosmology, and art. They will study the Jain traditions of Yoga including Preksha meditation. This course is generously subsidized by the International School for Jain Studies.


  
  • YGST 6050 History of Modern Yoga


    3 semester hours

    Yoga entered European and North American consciousness through the Romantic poets, the New England Transcendentalists, and the world lecture tour of Swami Vivekananda following the Parliament of the World’s Religions in 1893. In the 20th century, Paramahamsa Yogananda, Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Sivananda, Swami Krishnamacharya and many others introduced large groups of people to the principles and practices of Yoga. The course will explore this legacy. Students will be required to demonstrate teaching ability from select traditions.


  
  • YGST 6082 Comparative Mysticism


    3 semester hours

    This course will explore the inner or mystical life as articulated in the life and practice of various religious traditions. It will begin with a study of a modern classic: The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James, the pre-eminent American philosopher and psychologist as well as the key ideas of Carl Jung. The course will include the study of Jewish and Islamic mystical traditions, as well as key writers in the emerging field of contemplative Christian ecology. Yoga and mysticism will be examined through the writings of 20th century philosopher Sri Aurobindo.


  
  • YGST 6095 Comprehensive Exam Seminar


    3 semester hours

    In this course students will be taught study tactics and will work together in preparation for two comprehensive exams. The first question will demand a demonstration of the breadth of knowledge they have learned while the second question will focus more specifically on an area of particular interest to the student within Yoga Studies.


  
  • YGST 6096 Writing and Research Seminar


    3 semester hours

    This course will guide the students as they write their final thesis. The course will aid them through the process by introducing research methods and writing techniques in order to complete a clear final thesis or research project. Students will be able to help one another as different phases of their given projects will be shared in class.


  
  • YGST 6998 Special Studies


    1 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • YGST 6999 Independent Studies


    1 TO 3 semester hours

 

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