• Eleven monthly day-long classes, held on Fridays
• Monthly support groups
• Individual mentoring meetings with faculty (every other month)
• One hundred hours of volunteer chaplaincy
• Assigned reading and written assignments
• Bi-monthly peer support sessions
• Visits to various Buddhist and other religious centers (including attending unfamiliar religious services or gatherings)
• Field trips to hospitals, psychiatric wards, morgues, homeless shelters, juvenile halls or other service centers
• Optional related classes

It is now possible to receive graduate credits for the chaplaincy training program through the Institute for Buddhist Studies in Berkeley.

• History of Spiritual Care: applications and settings for spiritual care, engaged Buddhism
• Spiritual Care Skills I: purpose and functioning of a chaplain, establishing spiritual care relationships, listening, spiritual counseling, verbal and non-verbal communication
• Spiritual Care Skills II: spiritual assessment, ritual, collaboration with other professionals and disciplines
• Buddhist practices related to spiritual care
• Cultural competency in a multicultural world
• Verbal and non-verbal communication
• Use of Self: when to disclose and when not to, boundaries and ethics of conduct, personal safety, sexual feelings in spiritual care relationships
• Interfaith and multi-faith ministry, religious directives
• Conflict resolution
• Creating and Leading Buddhist Rituals: funerals, memorials, weddings, rites of passage, practice rituals
• Ministry to death and dying, grief and loss
• Critical Incidents: trauma, addiction, suicide, homicide, domestic violence