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Maharishi Vedic Science (Ph.D.)

Courses

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• MVS 670 Advanced Analysis and Synthesis of Total Knowledge

Advanced Analysis and Synthesis of Total Knowledge

In this course, you will master the Self-referral dynamics of pure consciousness in terms of the structure and function of the Samhita of Rishi, Devata and Chhandas; Rik and Ak; Aknim Ile; the Richo Ak-kshare verse of Rik Veda; the dynamics of the Gap; Maharishi’s Apaurusheya Bhashya; the relationship between name and form in the Veda; the four Vedas; and the relationship between the silent dynamics of consciousness and the Unified Field of quantum field theory. (8 credits)

• MVS 671 Maharishi’s Insight into the Veda and Vedic Literature

Maharishi’s Insight into the Veda and Vedic Literature: Fabrics of Immortality

In this course you will study Maharishi’s insights into the forty branches of the Veda and Vedic Literature. You will see videotapes that Maharishi has made on the Vedic Literature, including the Vedas, Vedangas, Upangas, Upavedas, Brahmanas, and Pratishakhyas. You will learn many of the Vedic Expressions that Maharishi has taught from the Vedic Literature, and you will read the Vedic Literature in Sanskrit, creating profound brain coherence. Most of all, you will enjoy deep rest and an ideal daily routine, leading quickly toward enlightened awareness and holistic functioning of the physiology. (8 credits)

• MVS 672 Mastering Veda and Vedic Literature in the Human Physiology

Mastering Veda and Vedic Literature in the Human Physiology

Explore through subjective and objective means of gaining knowledge Raja Raam’s connections between the structuring dynamics of the Vedic Literature and the human physiology. This course gives students the reality that they are Cosmic and leads to an increasingly refined understanding and experience of the ultimate nature of reality. (4 credits)

• MVS 673 Original Research in EEG, Brain and Enlightenment

Original Research in EEG, Brain and Enlightenment

Brain functioning underlies conscious processing, states of consciousness, and enlightenment. You will learn how to record EEG (brain waves) and other physiological measures (breath rate, heart rate, and skin conductance), will learn the brain signatures of the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique and of higher states of consciousness, and will conduct original research testing a research question that you generate during the course. (6 credits)

• MVS 674 Peace-Creating Professionals

Peace-Creating Professionals: Applying Maharishi Vedic Science to Society

You will learn how to create professional presentations and structure lectures that effectively demonstrate the applied value of Maharishi Vedic Science to solve individual, national and global problems. You will create presentations that will include research on current issues in governmental administration; finance and industry; economic inequities; education; physical, mental and societal health; crime and rehabilitation; agriculture; city planning; science and technology; homeland security; ethnic and religious tensions; international relations and the need for permanent world peace. (8 credits)

• MVS 680 Maharishi Vedic Science Seminar

Maharishi Vedic Science Seminar: Enlivening the Collective Understanding of Concepts in Maharishi Vedic Science

The Maharishi Vedic Science graduate seminar includes a review of current research topics in the major disciplines and their relationship to the principles of Maharishi Vedic Science. Each session focuses on a particular discipline and its relationship to Maharishi Vedic Science and is led by senior graduate faculty. (1 credit per semester)

• MVS 691 Preparation for Qualifying Examination

Preparation for Qualifying Examination: Preparing a Fertile Ground for Demonstration of the Knowledge You Have Gained

This course provides the time necessary to prepare for the qualifying examination, which demonstrates research competence. It may be in the form of a research proposal, or in another form at the discretion of the program faculty. (variable credits — may be repeated) Prerequisite: successful completion of the core curriculum

• MVS 700 Preparation of Dissertation Proposal

Preparation of Dissertation Proposal: Structuring the Foundation of Your Dissertation Research

Having passed to doctoral candidacy, students prepare a proposal for a doctoral dissertation for acceptance by their major professor and dissertation guidance committee. (variable credits, may be repeated) Prerequisites: Ph.D. candidate status and consent of the dissertation advisor

• MVS 701 Dissertation Research

Dissertation Research: Scholarly Investigation into Models in Maharishi Vedic Science

Students conduct original research and prepare their dissertations during their third and fourth years in the program. (0.5–2.5 credits — may be repeated each semester) Prerequisites: approval of the dissertation proposal and consent of the dissertation committee

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