Starting this spring, the New York Open Center is pleased to announce that we'll be hosting two unique graduate school programs at our home base, 22 East 30th Street, offered by the Pacifica Graduate Institute. That renowned graduate school located in Santa Barbara, California, is dedicated to the study of depth psychology, mythology, and the humanities. Two of their degree programs are delivered via blended education, through a combination of online study and four residential visits to the West Coast each year. For the first time in their 35+ year history, they will be offering two of those residentials on the East Coast, right here at the Open Center.
Pacifica Graduate Institute's motto is anima mundi colendae gratia-for the sake of tending soul in and of the world. The MA/PhD degree in Depth Psychology with emphasis in Jungian and Archetypal Studies affirms Pacifica's mission through an in-depth engagement with the work of C.G. Jung and the post-Jungians. This area of study responds to Marie-Louise von Franz's visionary idea: "The real psychology is a psychology that is for everybody. It naturally includes the problems of clinicians, but is not concentrated solely on that area." Students in this program work with faculty mentors in studying the Jungian and archetypal theories and practices most applicable to healing, transformation, self-expression, and the development of consciousness.
The second degree program that will be hosted at the Open Center twice a year is an MA in Engaged Humanities and the Creative Life. Pacifica believes that the wisdom traditions of the humanities and depth psychology influence the arts and new media, and this influence and confluence can help inform and enrich the creative life. In keeping with Pacifica's mission, this program suggests there is no fundamental difference between engaging in art-making and soul-making, that we can tend to soul in the world by tending to our creative life in the world. The world itself has a creative life, manifested in the archetypes of the collective unconscious, whose symbols, images, metaphors, and movements are all the prima materia for the creative movement of humanity.
To learn more about either of these innovative degree programs, you can visit Pacifica's website at www.pacifica.edu.
Unable to attend the Information Session on January 22nd? Pacifica invites you to listen in on a teleconference!
Join other prospective students from all over the world to learn and inquire about the M.A. Engaged Humanities & Creative Life program and Jungian & Archetypal Studies specialization of the Depth program with the Director of Hybrid programs, Dr. Jennifer Selig. Please call 805.969.3626 ext. 305 or email admissions@pacifica.edu for more information and to reserve your spot on one of the teleconference calls.
Wednesday, January 25 - 3 p.m. PST
Monday, February 13 - 5 p.m. PST
Pacifica is accepting applications for spring and fall 2012 enrollment.
All graduate degree programs at Pacifica Graduate Institute are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
For additional information contact Pacifica Graduate Institute at 805.969.3626 ext. 305 or email admissions@pacifica.edu