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California Institute of Integral Studies

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Type
  
Private, nonprofit

Academic affiliation
  
Accredited by WASC

Students
  
1,510

President
  
Judie Wexler

Colors
  
Blue, Gold

Established
  
1968

Academic staff
  
80 core faculty

Undergraduate tuition and fees
  
22,140 USD (2010)

Phone
  
+1 415-575-6100

Founded
  
1968

Former names
  
American Academy of Asian Studies, California Institute of Asian Studies

Address
  
1453 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

Notable alumni
  
Angana P Chatterji, Noah Levine, Sandra Ingerman, Judy Grahn, Christina Olague

Similar
  
American College of Tradition, American Conservatory Theater, Golden Gate University, Academy of Art University, University of San Francisco

Profiles

Q and a at the california institute of integral studies


California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) is a private, non-profit university founded in 1968 and based in San Francisco, California. It currently operates in two locations; the main campus near the confluence of the Civic Center, SoMa, and Mission districts, and another campus for the American College of Traditional Medicine in Potrero Hill neighborhood. CIIS has a total of 1,510 students and 80 core faculty members.

Contents

CIIS consists of four schools: the School of Professional Psychology & Health, the School of Consciousness and Transformation (mainly humanities subjects), the School of Undergraduate Studies, and the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM). ACTCM became the fourth school after merging with CIIS on July 1st, 2015.

Many courses combine mainstream academic curriculum with a spiritual orientation, including influences from a broad spectrum of mystical or esoteric traditions. Although the Institute has no official spiritual path, some of its historical roots lie among followers of the Bengali sage Sri Aurobindo.

History, character & influence

The California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) was founded in 1968 in San Francisco, California.

CIIS was characterized as a major center of the Human Potential movement. According to Gleig and Floress (2013), "one can trace a direct line from Integral Yoga through [the Cultural Integration Fellowship] to two of the major centers of the Human Potential movement and the transpersonal psychology field it birthed: Esalen and the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS)."

Gleig and Flores further explain that:

CIIS's distinctive signature is the development of an integral education that combines academic scholarship with spiritual transformation and through its student body, faculty publications, and popular public program it has significantly shaped contemporary East-West spiritualities. As with the other main creative lineage centers - Esalen and CIF - CIIS is committed to a pluralistic spiritual vision and its Aurobindo roots are somewhat hidden.

According to Jim Ryan, CIIS, as developed by the founder (Chaudhuri), "had a very wide academic reach, far beyond its basic East-West philosophy concentration. Theses and dissertations were done over many years on the politics, economics, anthropology, sociology, and area studies of many nations of the world."

Accreditation

CIIS is an accredited member of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). In addition, degrees offered through ACTCM are accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM).

APA accreditation Status

In 2003, the Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program in Clinical Psychology received accreditation from the American Psychological Association (APA). This accreditation was revoked in 2011. CIIS's appeal of the decision was denied in 2012. CIIS applied for APA accreditation in June 2016 and is currently awaiting a final decision.

Notable people

  • Dave Carter
  • Haridas Chaudhuri
  • Nadinne I. Cruz
  • Stanislav Grof
  • Will Hall
  • Noah Levine
  • Joanna Macy
  • Robert A. McDermott
  • Starhawk
  • Brian Swimme
  • Richard Tarnas
  • Judith Tyberg
  • Alan Watts
  • Angela Davis
  • References

    California Institute of Integral Studies Wikipedia


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