Center for Spirituality & Healing, Mayo Memorial Building, 5th floor, MMC 505, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-9459; fax: 612-626-5280)

The Graduate Minor in Integrative Therapies and Healing Practices is an interdisciplinary program designed to expose students to the global range of integrative, complementary, cross-cultural, and spiritual healing practices. It enhances the preparation of graduate students in health sciences and other disciplines by developing knowledge and skills in the emerging field of integrative health care. Specifically, the Minor provides students with a theoretical basis for applying integrative therapies and healing practices; prepares students to research integrative therapies and healing practices; and prepares students to work collaboratively with other health professionals and patients in a multicultural, pluralistic healthcare system. The Minor includes a set of core courses that provide the theoretical foundation for the program. Students may elect to take additional courses offered by the Center for Spirituality & Healing in clinical applications, spirituality, or cross-cultural health and healing. A number of other University courses also satisfy the course requirements of the minor; contact the Minor program office for more information.

Full and part-time graduate students come from wide-ranging backgrounds and careers, including nursing, pharmacy, medicine, nutrition, psychology, physical therapy, liberal studies and public health.

Master's and doctoral students are required to take CSPH 5101 (3 cr). Master's students take an additional 5 credits for a total 8 credits; Doctoral students take an additional 9 credits for a total of 12 credits. Note that students cannot use course credits to satisfy requirements for both a major and the minor.