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Spirituality, Health & Activism

by
Dr. Neil Arya
on
Jan. 30, 2003
held at
University of Waterloo

Dr. Neil Arya offered this seminar at the University of Waterloo with an audience of approximately 35 persons. Dr. Arya linked spirituality and health through personal experience with the major spiritual traditions, with which he has been closely associated. He then shared his experience as a health activist on environmental, peace and disarmament issues. Finally, he concluded with an interactive reflection on the relationship between spirituality and activism. For him spirituality is primarily expressed as a deep concern for the outer world – he does not see any conflict between inner development and outer involvement. Dr. Arya tried to demonstrate that activism is integral to spiritual advancement expressing the highest ideals of respect for other humans, compassion, non-violence, reduction of human desires, in short: living in harmony with the planet.

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