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The SHEN Objectives

SHEN’s mission dedicates it to an objective with four parts:

  1. The promotion, development and delivery of public education in the spiritual heritage of humanity by providing courses, lectures, seminars, conferences, and workshops;
  2. The development of educational material by engaging in related research;
  3. Service to the society especially to the marginalized; and
  4. Building networks of goodwill with individuals, and organizations.

 SHEN is organized to pursue the following stated objects:

  1. To educate the public about the spiritual heritage of humankind by providing courses, seminars, lectures, and conferences; and to engage in conducting related research.
  2. To provide a library of spiritual heritage literature including commentaries and interpretations of heritage literature in English and other popular languages, publications, novels, plays, stories and anecdotes based on truth or fiction exemplifying spiritual principles in life for scholars and research workers at universities, research centres, and institutions of higher learning.
  3. To host public-essay competitions in the area of the spiritual heritage of humankind.
  4. To provide syllabi and educational material for courses on spiritual and ethical education in primary schools, high schools, colleges, and universities.
  5. To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom, from time to time, for the purpose of the following:
  • covering the costs associated with carrying out the preceding objectives of the corporation;
  • providing bursaries and scholarships to deserving students in accordance with the Corporation’s policies and practices governing such disbursements; and
  • instituting chairs at universities in the field of the spiritual heritage of humankind.

 

 

New Cohort and Coursework Scheduling

 

Ubiquity University requires a SHEN coursework certificate worth 16 credits for their MASc degree, 24 credits for a combined MASc/PhD, and 13 credits beyond MASc for a PhD degree, a credit being one hour of engagement for a 15-week semester. 

To understand how SHEN plans for you to qualify for various SHEN Coursework certificates, you need to understand the following:

  1. SHEN divides a calendar year into three 10-week academic terms, 
  2. The academic terms begin on the third Monday of January, April, and September, 
  3. An academic term is followed by a free period,
  4. New students are admitted three times a year in the three academic terms, 
  5. Participating students take a minimum of one 3-hour/week course in each term (2 credits), 
  6. A course is scheduled for three hours per week, usually in one continuous session,
  7. MASc level certificate requires 8 30-hour  courses,
  8. Combined MASc/PhD level certificate requires 12 30-hour  courses,
  9. PhD level certificate requires 5 30-hour courses and 1 45-hour course after their MASc.
  10. The maximum number of participating terms required to qualify for a MASc level certificate is 8, for a combined MASc/PhD level certificate is 12, and for a PhD level certificate is six after obtaining a MASc level certificate. 

Here is a pictorial view of the above coursework scheduling description.

  

New Cohort and Course Scheduling