Course Details

How Hindu Dharma – Transformed America

Course Code:

HAM2100

Credit Hours:

1 Quarter-Credit-Hours

Course Level:

200

Area of Study:

History & Methods

Course Description

HAM2100 – (C.P.H.S – Core Course) This course explores the history and impact of Vedic Wisdom on America’s Spiritual Landscape. Hindu Dharma has irrevocably altered the way Americans understand and practice the spiritual dimension of life.

With profiles of the key individuals—both Indian and Western—who propagated Dharmic teachings and integrated them into the fabric of American society, this course will analyze a structured history and analysis of the transmission of Sanatana Dharma to America over more than 200 years.

It explores the profoundly transformative, yet vastly unappreciated, impact of Vedantic principles and yogic methods on healthcare, psychology, neuroscience, and religion.

Program of Study

This course is part of the following programs:

This course is part of the

Community Education Division

Division

Community Education Division

Prerequisites:

None

Semester / Quarter:

Quarter

Number of Weeks:

11

Required / Core / Elective:

Elective

Semester / Quarter Offered:

Summer 2023

Days of the Week:

Mondays

Time:

Start Date:

July 10, 2023

End Date:

September 25, 2023

Faculty

Dr. Philip Goldberg

Philip Goldberg is a spiritual counselor, public speaker, and author of numerous books. hilip Goldberg has been studying the world’s spiritual traditions for more than 45 years, as a practitioner, teacher, and author. As an ordained Interfaith Minister, a spiritual counselor, and a meditation teacher, he is an illuminating and entertaining public speaker who has presented at universities, religious and spiritual institutions, yoga centers and festivals, and various other venues throughout the U.S. and India.

philip.goldberg@hua.edu

Hindu University of America