PACIFICA GRADUATE INSTITUTE 2014–2015 Course Catalog Masters and Doctoral Programs in the Tradition of Depth Psychology Table of Contents M.A./Ph.D. in Mythological Studies ........................................................... 3 M.A./Ph.D. in Depth Psychology .............................................................. 17 Emphasis in Jungian and Archetypal Studies ..................................... 19 Emphasis in Community Psychology, Liberation Psychology, and Ecopsychology ................................................................................... 31 Emphasis in Somatic Studies .............................................................. 47 Ph.D. in Depth Psychology with Emphasis in Psychotherapy ............. 63 M.A. in Engaged Humanities and the Creative Life ............................... 79 M.A. in Counseling Psychology ............................................................... 90 Doctoral Programs in Clinical Psychology ........................................... 114 Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology with Emphasis in Depth Psychology .. 116 Ph.D.. in Clinical Psychology with Emphasis in Depth Psychology .. 140 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Administration and Staff ........................................................................ 162 Faculty ...................................................................................................... 164 Admissions Requirements and Procedures ......................................... 188 2014-2015 Tuition and Fees .................................................................... 192 Financial Aid ............................................................................................ 195 Administrative Information ..................................................................... 207 Visiting and Applying to Pacifica Graduate Institute .......................... 211 2 2014-2015 Course Catalog, August 2014 | Pacifica Graduate Institute M.A./Ph.D in Mythological Studies With Emphasis in Depth Psychology “Myth has the power to touch and exhilarate the deepest creative energies of the psyche, and to generate symbolic images that confer shape and significance upon what often seems the chaotic anarchy of contemporary life and history. Engaging those energies in the experience of deep reading, writing, and discussion in the classroom has been the joy of my career as a teacher and writer. To transmit that joy to the next generation, in challenging times of radical change; to tend the soul that animates the world; and to continue the inspired quest for myths to live by—these are responsibilities that fuel my passionate engagement in the mission of Pacifica.” —Evans Lansing Smith, Program Chair Pacifica Graduate Institute’s program in Mythological Studies explores the understanding of human experience revealed in mythology and in the manifold links between myth, ritual, literature, art, and religious experience. Special attention is given to depth psychological and archetypal approaches to the study of myth. The Mythological Studies Program is a doctoral program designed as an integrated M.A./Ph.D. sequence with courses in four areas of study: • Mythology and Religious Traditions • Myth and Literature • Depth Psychology and Culture • Research The Master of Arts degree is awarded after the first two years of study and a comprehensive examination. The •program continues with a third year of classes including a sequence of research courses and the development of an acceptable concept paper for the dissertation. The fourth and fifth years of study focus on dissertation writing and research. Continuing supervision is provided for the completion of the dissertation. 3 2014-2015 Course Catalog, August 2014 | Pacifica Graduate Institute Curriculum Overview Mythological Studies Classes take place either Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday or Friday, Saturday and Sunday, approximately once each month during fall, winter, and spring. There is also a five-day summer session each year. FIRST YEAR Fall Greek & Roman Mythology I – MS 505, 2 Units Hindu Traditions – MS 503, 2 Units Approaches to the Study of Myth – MS 521, 2 Units Winter Joseph Campbell: Metaphor, Myth and Culture – MS 516, 2 Units Ritual – MS 603, 2 Units Dreams, Visions, Myths – MS 521, 2 Units Spring Arthurian Romances of the Holy Grail – MS 502, 2 Units Myth and Philosophy – MS 515, 2 Units Jungian Depth Psychology – MS 511, 2 units Summer Colloquium – MS 540, 1 Unit Archetypal Psychology – MS 611, 3 Units SECOND YEAR Fall Alchemy and the Hermetic Tradition – MS 616, 2 Units Greek & Roman Mythology II – MS 705, 2 Units African & African Diaspora Traditions – MS 506, 2 Units Integrative Studies Process I – MS 627, O Units 4 2014-2015 Course Catalog, August 2014 | Pacifica Graduate Institute Winter Native Mythologies of the Americas – MS 522, 2 Units Buddhist Traditions – MS 605, 2 Units Mythic Motifs in Cinema, MS 626, 2 Units Integrative Studies Process II – MS 628, O Units Spring Folklore & Fairy Tales – MS 602, 2 Units Psyche and Nature – MS 615, 2 Units Epic Imagination – MS 604, 2 Units Integrative Studies Process III – MS 629, O Units Summer Colloquium – MS 640, 1 Unit Myth and the Underworld – MS 619, 3 Units Integrative Studies – MS 630, 1 Unit THIRD YEAR Fall Religious Studies Approaches to Mythology – MS 720, 2 Units Hebrew and Jewish Mythology – MS 702, 2 Units Islamic Traditions – MS 608, 2 Units Winter Dante’s Commedia: A Triple Journey into Depth & Individuation – MS 727, 2 Units Research Strategies for Dissertation Writing – MS 730, 2 Units Egyptian Mythology – MS 717, 2 Units Spring Dissertation Formulation – MS 733, 2 Units Christian Traditions – MS 703, 2 Units The God Complex – MS 711, 2 Units 5 2014-2015 Course Catalog, August 2014 | Pacifica Graduate Institute Summer Colloquium – MS 740, 1 Unit Myths of the Self: Memoir and Autobiography – MS 726, 3 Units Continuing Dissertation Writing* – MS 900, 15 Units *Writing projects for this course take place away from campus. This curriculum may vary depending upon changing academic needs. The required fourth and fifth years of study focus on reading, research, and dissertation writing. Evans Lansing Smith, Ph.D. Chair, M.A./Ph.D. Program in Mythological Studies with Emphasis in Depth Psychology Evans Lansing Smith, Ph.D., has degrees from Williams College, Antioch International, and The Claremont Graduate School. He is the author of eight books and numerous articles on comparative literature and mythology, and has taught at colleges in Switzerland, Maryland, Texas, and California. In the late 1970s, he traveled with Joseph Campbell on study tours of Northern France, Egypt, and Kenya, with a focus on the Arthurian Romances of the Middle Ages and the Mythologies of the Ancient World. Mythology and Religious Traditions The foundation of Mythological Studies at Pacifica is the close reading of primary texts from a variety of cultural and religious traditions. These courses encourage interdisciplinary scholarship, giving particular attention to myths, iconography, symbols, religious beliefs, and ritual practices. Historical and contemporary approaches to the study of myth are also carefully reviewed. The Arthurian Romances of the Holy Grail MS 502, 2 units An exploration of the origins and development of the mythologies of the Arthurian knights and quests for the Holy Grail. The course begins with the sacred traditions of the European Middle Ages, as manifested in the literature and arts of the period and then tracks the transmission and transformation of the myths in the Romantic and Modern periods of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 6 2014-2015 Course Catalog, August 2014 | Pacifica Graduate Institute Hindu Traditions MS 503, 2 units This course explores selected aspects and primary texts of Hindu traditions. Special attention is given to prominent myths and symbols in Indian culture, epic literature, and other primary texts, as well as influential philosophical systems such as Yoga, Sankhya, Vedanta, Tantra, and Kashmir Shaivism. Depth psychological interpretations of key thematic issues, doctrines, and practices will also be examined. Greek and Roman Mythology I MS 505, 2 units This course explores the most important contemporary approaches to the study of classical mythology. It also looks at how the poets of ancient Greece reworked inherited mythic themes and plots. It engages in close readings of the cultic and bardic poems known as The Homeric Hymns and of the lyric poetry of Sappho. Dramatic poetry, both tragic and comic, of the 5th century Athens is also -examined. Attention is given both to the role these myths played in their original -historical context and to their ongoing archetypal significance. African and African Diaspora Traditions MS 506, 2 units The myths and rituals of Africa are a rich legacy, still vital today. Moreover, they endure in adaptive form, in Vodou, Santeria, and other religions of the African Diaspora. The course explores common mythic characters, themes, rituals, -symbol systems, and worldviews in Africa and traces their connection to New World Traditions. Myth and Philosophy MS 515, 2 units This course examines the historical relationship between myth and philosophy in the West. Rationality and science emerged as the revolutionary critique of myth, but that revolution is not beyond criticism. Myth represents a meaningful expression of the world, different from, and not always commensurate with, the