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College of Professional Studies Course Descriptions
arts & Consciousness [a&C] Courses
These courses are offered on the Berkeley campus.
a&C 5010 image and Process 3
Students in this course investigate the formal integration of art and
inner awareness. Exploration of artistic paradigms from a variety of
cultures and historical periods creates a broadened base for
understanding artistic growth and development. Integration of these
principles into individual artwork is stressed. Through intensive
studio assignments, readings, and class discussions, a common
vocabulary of artistic dialogue is developed.
a&C 5100 introduction to Transformative arts 3
This course will introduce students to the various methodologies and theories
related to the use of art and personal creativity as healing forces in the world.
A wide variety of topics—including psychological, spiritual, and shamanic
approaches to artwork and its relationship to the healing process—will be
examined. Stu dents will be led through a variety of experiential projects
intended to offer insight into art and its uses as more than a mere decorative
or academic exercise. Students are encouraged to draw from their own
experiences of creativity and expression as a basis for work in the class.
a&C 5200 Transformative arts education 1–3
Students choose among selected topics investigating the uses of
creativity as a vehicle for human growth and healing. various
courses will explore aspects of creativity related to teaching,
personal spiritual practice, physical healing, and emotional
counseling. By participating in a variety of creative modalities,
students simultaneously strengthen their own creative processes
and form a basis for future professional practice.
a&C 5255 Transformative arts Seminar 3
This seminar is based on in-class presentation of students’ creative
work. Group dialogue focuses on issues of personal growth and
healing implicit in the student’s creative expression. The instructor
facilitates meaningful insights into each student’s work as well as
leading discussion of practical implications of work discussed as it
pertains to work in the community. Students are introduced to
advanced theories of transformative arts. Class assignments and
readings are given to help accentuate the link between creative
process and work with others.
a&C 5260 Transformative arts Teaching Practicum 3
The field of transformative arts offers a new way to think of teaching
as a primary activity related to the promotion of human growth.
Students combine theoretical information with hands-on experience
of teaching. Class lectures introduce relevant material to be used as
the basis for a practical demonstration by each student of an
approach to teaching that is directly related to that student’s own
experience of the transformative power of creative expression. A
written proposal for a course or community arts project is required.
a&C 5300 applied alchemy 3
An introduction to the transformational symbolic image system of
alchemy and its powerful applications to studio art-making.
discussion of historical alchemical processes and the modern use of
alchemical metaphor and symbol in art. This course includes
assigned reading and studio assignments.
a&C 5305 art and altered States of Consciousness 2
This course introduces subtle states of consciousness and altered
states of consciousness where inspiration, creativity, and insight
might arise. Students explore practices meant to access states of
heightened lucidity and multidimensional awareness. This class
requires studio exercises involving music, movement, and visual arts
as well as lecture, readings, and written assignments.
a&C 5307 Visual Communications a 3
An introduction to the skills and conceptual foundations of effective
visual communications. Using a combination of digital and
traditional art materials, the class will explore the technical tools and
philosophical assumptions regarding the nature of communication
through symbol, image, text, color, and compo sition. Through
weekly assignments and critiques, class members will develop skills
and insights needed for further exploration of the field. Basic
competence in appropriate digital media will be a central outcome
as will broadened awareness and ability in the use of cultural
signifiers and signs in visual art.
a&C 5308 Visual Communications B 3
Continuation of work in A&C 5307, this course emphasizes advanced
skills in digital image-making. develops further ability to integrate
conceptual skills into development of powerful and effective visual
images. Expands digital skills to include website design and the use
of appropriate software for the creation of basic online venues for
visual communication. Individual projects and individual work with
the instructor strengthen the links between graphic work and
primary artistic interests and direction for each student. Students
develop improved technical ability and clearly marketable career
skills in design and digital art.
a&C 5310 art and the Symbolic Process 3
Students in this course explore the philosophy of symbolism.
Philosophical and experiential insight into the nature of symbol from
a variety of cultural and individual perspectives is the goal. Students
are led to the discovery of their own archetypal visual vocabulary
through a combination of personal practice and the academic
investigation essential to creative process. Experiential exercises,
required reading, and written project. required for MA and MFA.
a&C 5312 Creativity and Consciousness 3
Students will engage the essential questions associated with the
creative process: “Why do we make art? What is the mystery
substance emerging from emptiness? What is creativity?” In- and
out-of-class studio assignments, group discussions, and assigned
readings help students explore the essence of their individual creative
process from cultural, psychological, and spiritual perspectives. Class
will emphasize development of personal approaches to creative
process and the identification and elimi nation to blocks to creativity.
required for MA and MFA.
a&C 5315 dreams and the arts 3
This course explores the connection between the dreaming mind and
the act of creation. Slide lectures, experiential exercises, and studio
work will help students understand the transition between symbolic
dream imagery and the multidimensional spaces of the inner world.
reading, written project and studio assignments are required.
a&C 5325 faces of the Soul 3
Students undergo an intensive exploration of the relationship
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