About the Graduate Minor Back to Top
Are you inspired to make a difference in people's lives? Explore diverse health care practices? Empower patients with information about well-researched complementary and alternative therapies for health and healing? Learn from faculty who are among the nation's foremost clinicians and researchers in complementary therapies? If so, let the University of Minnesota's Graduate Minor in Complementary Therapies and Healing Practices help you ignite a spark and nurture the flames of self-discovery, critical inquiry and exploration as never before.
With the nation's first Graduate Minor program in Complementary Therapies and Healing Practices, the University's Center for Spirituality and Healing is proud to introduce an extraordinary array of courses in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) topics. The Graduate Minor will open your eyes to a world of cross-cultural healing and spiritual practices, and will deepen your understanding of diverse health care perspectives.
Interdisciplinary Coursework and Goals Back to Top
Through Graduate Minor coursework, students of all ages and from all walks of life are inspired to broaden their world view - one that emerges from creative exploration into health, human nature and self-care. The program draws on the rich expertise of University and community-based faculty who encourage and challenge students to discover new ways of caregiving, and to cultivate diverse skills that will transform their life's work, experiences and relationships with others.
The Graduate Minor program features inter-disciplinary coursework that prepares students to:
Apply theoretical concepts and models to complementary therapies and healing practices
Conduct research in complementary therapies and healing practices
Work collaboratively with other health care professionals and patients in cross-cultural health care systems
Use complementary therapies and healing practices.
Experiential, hands-on and web-based learning are just some of the many strategies that Center faculty incorporate into their courses.
Is the Graduate Minor for You? Back to Top
The Graduate Minor program is for health professional students and practitioners as well as lifelong learners seeking to deepen their understanding of CAM topics. Full- and part-time graduate students come from wide-ranging backgrounds and careers, including nursing, pharmacy, medicine, fine arts, nutrition, psychology, physical therapy, exercise sciences and public health. Some students in the Graduate Minor are pursuing graduate degrees in health sciences or liberal studies while others are not enrolled in a formal University program.
We invite you to begin a journey of critical inquiry and self-discovery: create an inter-disciplinary program that meets your personal, academic and professional interests by selecting from a growing array of intriguing courses.
In addition to complementary therapies and healing practices, coursework includes spirituality, cross-cultural international health, research and evaluation methodologies, and independent studies. View our ever-expanding course offerings and meet our expert faculty online at www.csh.umn.edu .
Admission and Course Requirements Back to Top
Graduate students who want to formally declare the Graduate Minor program must be enrolled in a major at the University of Minnesota Graduate School and designate the Minor on their Degree Program Plan. For further information, visit the Graduate School's web site at www.grad.umn.edu. In addition to the Minor's curriculum requirements, students must complete a graduate level research course. Courses are also open to health care providers and non-degree seeking students who want to enhance their knowledge and skills.
Doctoral Course Requirements
Doctoral students are required to complete 12 graduate level credits for the Graduate Minor.
CSpH 5101 Introduction to Complementary Therapies 3 credits
CSpH 8101 Critiquing and Synthesizing CAM Research 2 credits
CSpH Graduate Minor electives 7 credits
12 credits total
Master's Course Requirements
Master's students are required to complete 8 credits for the Graduate Minor.
CSpH 5101 Introduction to Complementary Therapies 3 credits
CSpH 8101 Critiquing and Synthesizing CAM Research 1 credit
CSpH Graduate Minor electives 4 credits
8 credits total
If the Graduate Minor seems like a good fit for you, talk with your advisor or contact the Center's Director of Graduate Studies for step-by-step instructions to enroll in this program. Students not currently enrolled in a graduate program who want to take courses may enroll by registering with the University. For more information about the Graduate Minor, contact:
Director of Graduate Studies
Center for Spirituality and Healing
Mayo Memorial Building, MMC 505
420 Delaware St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Telephone: 612-624-5166