Spring 2027

Psychology of Mindfulness

An academic and experiential introduction to mindfulness meditation in psychology, covering MBSR, lovingkindness, and neuroscientific/clinical effects.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Amit Bernstein

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.82 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.69 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Gain an experiential understanding of mindfulness and its psychological underpinnings

  • Become familiar with interventions that have been developed based on mindfulness

  • Gain familiarity with the scientific literature pertaining to these interventions

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Prerequisites

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PSYCH 202,KINES 150,RP & SE 505,COUN PSY 237 or 531

COUNPSY 372

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.69 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AMIT BERNSTEIN is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SEM 001Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.82 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.69 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Buddhist and historical underpinnings of MBSR
  • Lovingkindness and compassion-based meditation interventions
  • Neuroscientific and clinical effects of mindfulness training
  • Methodologies including clinical trials, meta-analyses, and measurement studies

Skills

  • Experiential understanding of mindfulness and its psychological underpinnings
  • Familiarity with interventions developed based on mindfulness
  • Familiarity with scientific literature pertaining to mindfulness interventions

Grades

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Catalog & offerings

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COUNPSY 372 · Spring 2027

Psychology of Mindfulness

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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