Bhakti Yoga College - Academy of Traditional Indian Sciences - Psychology Courses, Philosophy Courses, Archaeology Courses and more.

All BYC courses available at this time are listed according to course code in this section of the BYC student handbook below, followed by their descriptions.
Students must complete all of the course assignments and take the course final exam within three (3) months of course registration, unless granted an extension.

CREDITS

Each BYC course is valued at three (3) course credits.

CODING SYSTEM

Two letters that represent the subject area or departmental field of study and three numbers that generally indicate the level of academic difficulty or recommended course sequence precedes each BYC course title.

SUBJECT AREAS

BYC’s current course subject areas (or departmental fields of study) are:
GS General Studies
IA Indovedic Arts
PH Philosophy
PS Psychology
RS Religious Studies
SL Sacred Literature

NUMBER LEVELS

BYC undergraduate courses number from 100-499.
BYC graduate courses number from 500-799.

MASTER LIST

The following is a master list of all courses offered by BYC, organized by subject area and course code. You can also find some course descriptions.

GS General Studies

GS 101 Context and Sources of Vedic Literature*

GS 102 Karma and Reincarnation*

GS 103 Psychology and Spirituality: Monotheism in the Vedic-Vaishnava Tradition*

GS 104 Life, Death, and Immortality in the Civilization of the Vedas*

GS 105 Yoga and Holistic Health*

GS 106 Freedom from Solitude and Suffering*

GS 107 Betrayal, Resentment, and Forgiveness*

GS 201 History of Indovedic Civilization*

GS 202 Thought, Action, and Destiny*

GS 203 From Eros to Love*

GS 204 Karmic Affinities and Family Relationships*

GS 301 Sociology and Anthropology*

GS 302 Pedagogy: The Educational Ideal in Traditional India*

GS 401 The Journey of the Soul after Death*

GS 510 Context and Sources of Vedic Literature (graduate level introductory course)

IA Indovedic Arts

IA 201 Introduction to Indovedic Architecture (Vastu)*

IA 202 Indovedic Archaeology*

IA 301 The Universe in Architecture*

IA 302 Indovedic Art History*

IA 401 Karma and Architecture: A Practical Application of Vastu

IA 404 Indovedic Aesthetics*

PH Philosophy

PH 101 Philosophy of the Bhagavad-gita I*

PH 201 Philosophy of Samkhya*

PH 301 Philosophy of the Upanishads*

PH 402 Vaishnava Philosophy*

PH 404 Vaishnava Ethics and Aesthetics*

PH 501 Philosophy of the Bhagavad-gita II

PH 502 Philosophies of the Six Darshanas: Perspectives in Indian Classical Thought

PH 505 Philosophies of the Vaishnava Sampradayas

PH 506 Philosophy of Vedanta I

PH 510 Philosophy of the Bhagavad-gita I (graduate level introductory course)

PH 601 Philosophy of Vedanta II

PH 610 Philosophy of Samkhya (graduate level introductory course)

PS Psychology

PS 101 Introduction to Indian Psychological Thought: India and the West*

PS 102 Psychology of the Bhagavad-Gita *

PS 201 Psychology of Samkhya*

PS 202 Psychology of Wellbeing in Leadership: Knowledge, Conduct, and Management of Human Resources*

PS 203 The Function of Willpower*

PS 204 Ayurveda and the Mind*

PS 301 Psychology of the Upanishads*

PS 302 Psychology of Buddhism*

PS 303 Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing*

PS 403 Psychology of the Cycle of Life*

PS 404 Psychology and its Therapies*

PS 405 Ayurveda and Pancakarma

PS 501 Psychology of Vedanta

PS 502 Sound and the Psyche

PS 503 Psychology of Yoga I – Samadhi Pada

PS 504 Psychology of Yoga II – Sadhana Pada

PS 510 Introduction to Indian Psychological Thought: India and the West (graduate level introductory course)

PS 511 Psychology of the Bhagavad-Gita (graduate level introductory course)

PS 601 Psychology of Affectivity

PS 610 Psychology of Samkhya (graduate level introductory course)

PS 611 Psychology of the Upanishads (graduate level introductory course)

RS Religious Studies

RS 101 The 26 Qualities of a Spiritual Seeker*

RS 201 Upadeshamrita: The Nectar of Instruction*

RS 202 Harinama Cintamani: Meditation on the Divine Name*

RS 301 Vedic and Puranic Cosmogony*

RS 401 The Nectar of Devotion*

RS 402 Narada’s Bhakti Sutras

RS 403 Jaiva Dharma

RS 404 Indovedic Mythology and Symbolism*

RS 405 Bhaktirasa: The Philosophy of Transcendental Mellows

RS 502 The Science of Bhakti

RS 510 The 26 Qualities of a Spiritual Seeker (graduate level introductory course)

RS 602 Tattva Sandarbha: A Treatise on Truth. Foundations of Vaishnava Theology

RS 603 Brahma Samhita

RS 610 Upadeshamrita: The Nectar of Instruction (graduate level introductory course)

SL Sacred Literature

SL 101 Traditional Indian Fables – Pancatantra*

SL 201 Epic Literature: Mahabharata*

SL 202 Epic Literature: Ramayana*

SL 301 Mystic Literature*

SL 302 Puranic Literature I: Ancient Tales from the Bhagavata Purana*

SL 401 Puranic Literature II: Ancient Tales from the Bhagavata Purana*

SL 402 Isha Upanishad*

SL 403 Aitareya Upanishad

SL 404 Elements of Sanskrit Language*

SL 405 Elements of Classical Tamil Language*

SL 503 Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

SL 504 Taittiriya Upanishad

SL 510 Epic Literature: Mahabharata (graduate level introductory course)

SL 602 Chandogya Upanishad

SL 603 Shvetashvatara Upanishad

SL 610 Puranic Literature I: Ancient Tales from the Bhagavata Purana (graduate level introductory course)

*These courses qualify as General Education courses that count towards satisfaction of BYC General Education requirements