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Institute of Global Education
Special
NGO consultant to the United Nations Economic and Social Council
Project NatureConnect
Michael J.Cohen, Ed.D. Director
Greenwich University Program Chair
Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology
Graduate Student Cooperative Courses, Semesters and Total Program Schedules
NETWORKING: The IGE Graduate Student Cooperative Degree Program is designed to make the Natural Systems Thinking Process webstring science available to you and the public through "we do it together" cooperative functions that lead to reduced costs. Each course and experience enhances you and the Co-op by sharing information and support with a network of Co-op members and their contacts. This practice emulates the web of life and is as much a part of your degree program as is any other part. You obtain credit for it in the ORT 500 course.
NSTP and the IGE Co-op reach their goals and sustain themselves through public support and participation. An excellent means of reaching the public is to find public outlets for work you do. If you write a paper, for example, with little effort it can become a submission to a publication or discussion list somewhere on the internet and/or newspaper, call in radio, etc. Reactions to an activity make a splendid letter to an editor, especially when they address local problems.
PROCESS: In consultation with Greenwich University, to increase the benefits of the AE/IE Degree Program, Greenwich students take the first 75% of all coursework 22 IGE (MS), 33 credits (Ph.D,) with Greenwich faculty member Dr. Michael J. Cohen through the IGE Graduate Student Cooperative. This cooperative education component usually includes the minimum 15 credits of core courses that are required to be an enrolled student. The actual number of additional courses you need to take varies because it is based on the number of applicable transfer courses you bring into the program.
Upon satisfactory completion of the 22 IGE (MS), 33 credits (Ph.D,) a student in good standing completes the remaining 8-12 credits of their program through the online Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology Department at Greenwich University. In this component, students continue under the tutalege of Dr. Cohen, Greenwich Lead Faculty, throughout the final courses of their Degree program. The comprehensive exams and final thesis, project, or dissertation will be evaluated by a appropriate committees comprised of Greenwich Faculty. Tuition is paid directly to Greenwich for the concluding courses and services.
Credits are obtained through the official courses offered as well as by transfer courses and prior learning evaluations.
A leave of absence is available with consent.
In the Ph.D program, only 9 credits are undertaken in the final semester.
Semesters officially start on the first of January, April, July and October. Students inform the office about starting the semester one month prior to the starting date. In the cooperative component, student's may, with special permission of Dr. Cohen, start their coursework earlier than the semester date as long as they have a support group.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Be sure you are familiar with the Certificate Program in conjunction with the material presented here.
Master of Science (MS): 30 credits
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.): 45 credits
One year of IGE coursework is mandatory consisting of 15 credits of core courses.
For PhD students, an additional 6-9 credit Dissertation semester is required at Greenwich. These credits are in required courses RES 890/990 dedicated to research and the dissertation.
A minimum of 6 credits per semester or maximum of 15 credits (18 with special permission) per semester are required. Each credit represents 45 learning hours.
Before enrolling for a semester, please be sure to follow the suggested course options and sequences listed in the MS and PhD sections below. Be sure to share your draft of your semester course selections with your guide group and others who have experience in the program.
THE PRIOR LEARNING FACTOR
The actual time needed to complete a course depends upon the number of hours of prior learning that you bring into a course. To integrate each prior learning petition contract, in a three page paper, you explain how and why you would apply NSTP to that specific learning and describe one or more examples of where you did this and its results.
Prior learning may not be applied to core courses with the exception of ECO 503, ECO 504, ECO522.
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SUMMARY OF TUITION FEES as of January 1, 2001 For students who are building their program within budget reqirements, please note that each individual student has their own, individualized, cost/credit fee assigned to them as determined via the next paragraph: STANDARD: $200/per credit for courses offered. All fees listed are in US Dollars. This is personalized and reduced percentagewise via work/study contracts and other financial assistance as calculated on the MS tuition form or PhD tuition form DEGREE TOTALS:
*Total Doctoral tuition costs (and course time, too) may be originally reduced by a $1500 Compatibility Grant to program candidates who demonstratie a participation excellence in the ECO 500 Orientation Course and ECO 508. For further information on this, select here MS students may transfer up to 7
credits into the program and all their prior learning that is
applicable, Tuitions may be reduced by work/study contracts when available. Transfer course fee: $20/credit. Transfers are courses that have not already been used as part of other degree programs. Assesed prior learning fee: $30/credit Master's or other waiver: $250.00 To enroll the student pays for their first semester's 15 credits at their official credit payment fee Payments are made by following the instructions on the payment form.
Tuition for continuuing on with the Ph.D. after completing the MS: Students who have completed the Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology Greenwich Masters Degree may elect to continue into the AE/IE Doctoral Program under the following tuition and academic requirements or their modification by special permission of the program. 30 additional Greenwich University
credits at $200/credit |
Masters program announcements and guidelines:
( Ph.D guidelines are found below )
- Credit costs are $200/credit at
the IGE Cooperative and Greenwich Courses.
- Financial assistance may not be available for the final 8 credit
Greenwich component of the program.
- The program must be completed in two years. Special petitions
for extra time are considered.
A total of 15 AE/IE core course credits must be taken as part of the Cooperative program and paid for during the first semester to be in good standing in the program. The coursework for these credits may be distributed over three or more semesters. Semesters start in January, April, July, and October. 6-15 credits may be taken each semester.
Courses marked (prior OK) means that you may make a contract/petition to apply prior learning to parts of them.
Enrollment:
Semesters start in January, April, July, and October. 6-15 credits may be taken each semester. 18 credits may be taken with special permission.
A month before a semester begins an enrollment contract containing semester enrollment information is submitted along with payment for the semester and a payment form
Courses :
Courses that are
available to the public may be found at
http://www.pacificrim.net/~nature/courses.html
TO FIND A COURSE SYLLABUS:
In general, on the WWW enter the address
http://www.ecopsych.com/
then add a single
course number like so:
eco503
(lower case;
no space beween eco and number )
then add
.html
The completed
address you create ( http://www.ecopsych.com/eco503.html ) will bring you to the
course syllabus on the web with the following exception:
The address.html is listed bold in red below if that address is different that the official course number.
Courses listed below are linked to their syllabus.
Courses in bold blue are core courses of which you must take the minimum of 15 credits that are indicated by a red star*
Doctoral Students
with a Masters Waiver are required to take
ECO 501 before taking ECO 601
and
ECO 502 before taking 602
MASTER'S COURSES AVAILABLE 1/1/01
A list of the descriptions of the
MS courses below is located at
http://www.ecopsych.com/appmscourse.html
[ ...........] *ORT
500 /600 Co-op/Greenwich
Orientation 1
credit eco500ort.html
[ ...........]( http://www.ecopsych.com/eco500ort.html
)
[ ...........]..*ECO 500 Global Citizenship 1 credit
[ ...........]..*ECO 501 Introductory RWN 3 credit
[ ...........]
.*ECO 502 parts
I and II WMWE 3
credit .eco502parts.html
[ ...........] http://www.ecopsych.com/eco502parts.html
[ ...........] .*ECO 503 /603 Directed Readings 3 credit (prior OK)
[ ...........] .ECO 504/604 (optional) Sensory Knowing & Culture 3 credit (prior OK)
[ ...........].*ECO 508 Natural Attractions (Einstein's World) 1 credit
[ ...........].ECO 509 (optional) Global History of the Senses 3 credit
[ ...........].*ECO 522* /622 Public Relations/Funding 3 credit (prior OK)
[ ...........] .ECO 751: Field Studies /Internships 6 credits (prior OK)
[ ...........].*ECO541: Qualitative Research 3 credits (prior OK)
[ ...........].*ECO 791: Selected Projects/Topics 3 credits (prior OK)
[ ...........].*ECO 792: Advanced Readings 3 credits (prior OK).
[ ...........]..*ECO 793: Selected Topics/Projects 3 credits (prior OK)
[ ...........]ECO 800: Certification in Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology (1 ..........//credit)
[ ...........]..RES 890/990: Thesis Research 6-9 credits( prior OK)
MASTER'S REQUIREMENTS ( Ph.D guidelines are found below )
6-15 (18) Credits/semester. 10 Credits/semester are needed for 3 semester program
Red= Required in
first semester or before the first semester of the program
Core Competencies Required (req) : 15 credits
ORT 500: req Co-op/Greenwich Orientation 1 credit
ECO 500: req Global Citizenship 1 credit
ECO 501: req Elements of Educating and Counseling with Nature I (3 credits)
ECO 502: req
Elements
of Educating and Counseling with Nature II (3 credits)
(
http://www.ecopsych.com/eco502parts.html )
ECO 503: req Directed Reading in Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology (3 credits) (prior OK)
ECO 504: Integrating Sensory Knowing and Culture (3 credits) (prior OK)
ECO 508 req Natural Attractions and Intelligences (Einstein's World) 1 credit
ECO 509 Global History of the Senses 3 credit
ECO 522 req Public Relations/Funding 3 credit (prior OK with permission)
ECO 800: Certification in Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecol (1 credit)..........
Field Studies (Required: 6 credits)
*ECO 751: Field Studies in Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology (6 credits)
*ECO 753: Case Studies in Education and Counseling with Nature (6 credits)
Research Preparation Courses
*ECO541: Participatory Research for Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology (3 credits)
*RES890: Thesis Research (6 credits)
Advanced Studies (Electives)
*ECO 791: Selected Projects in Applied Ecopsychology/ Integrated Ecology (3 credits)
*ECO 792: Advanced Readings in Integrated Ecology (3 credits)
*ECO 793: Selected Topics in Applied Ecopsychology/ Integrated Ecology (3 credits)
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A possible curriculum to complete a two semester MS program ( A three or four semester MS is suggested and preferred with the last semester dedicated to the thesis or project. This schedule below assumes you being either a full time student or having much applicable prior learning to apply to courses where permitted )
Second Semester (15 credits)
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LINKS TO INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL
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- Credit costs are $200/credit at
the IGE Cooperative and Greenwich Courses.
- Financial assistance may not be available for the final 12
credit Greenwich component of the program.
- The program must be completed in three years. Special petitions
for extra time are considered.
A total of 15 AE/IE core course credits must be taken as part of the Cooperative program and paid for during the first semester to be in good standing in the program. The coursework for these credits may be distributed over three or more semesters.
Courses marked (prior OK) means that you may make a contract/petition to apply prior learning to parts of them.
Enrollment:
Semesters start in January, April, July, and October. 6-15 credits may be taken each semester. 18 credits may be taken with special permission.
A month before any semester begins an enrollment contract containing semester enrollment information is submitted along with payment for the semester and a payment form
TO FIND A COURSE SYLLABUS:
In general, on the WWW enter the address
http://www.ecopsych.com/
then add a single
course number like so:
eco503
(lower case;
no space beween eco and number )
then add
.html
The completed
address you create ( http://www.ecopsych.com/eco503.html ) will bring you to the
course syllabus on the web with the following exception:
The address.html is listed bold in red below if that address is different that the official course number.
Courses listed below are linked to their syllabus.
PREREQUSITE NOTE:
Doctoral Students are required to have mastered the MS requirements
ECO 500, 508, and 501 before student teaching ECO 601. They must
have completed ECO 502 before student teaching ECO 602. They
may be taken simultaneously by special permission.
A list of the descriptions of the
Doctoral courses below is located at
http://www.ecopsych.com/appphd.html
Core Competencies (Required:
15 credits)
ECO 500: Global Citizenship Orientation: The Art and Science of Thinking With Nature (1 Credit) if not taken previously
ECO 508 Natural Attractions (Einstein's
World) (1 credit) if not taken previously
followed by
*ORT 600: Orientation for the Adult Learner (1 credit)
*ECO 601: Educating and Counseling with Nature I:
Student Teaching and Research (3 credits)
(ECO 501 prerequsite)
*ECO
602 Educating and Counseling
with Nature II: Student Teaching and Research (3 credits) ( http://www.ecopsych.com/eco602parts.html )
(ECO 502 prerequsite)
*ECO 603: Exploratory Reading in Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology (3 credits) (prior OK)
*ECO 604: Researching Sensory Knowing and Culture (3 credits) (prior OK)
*ECO 509/609 Global History of the Senses 3 credit (optional if taken previously)
*ECO 622 Public Relations and Fund Raising 3 credit (optional if ECO 522 has been taken previously)
ECO 800: Certification in Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology (1 ..........//credit)
Field Studies (Required: 6 credits -select one)
*ECO 751: Field Studies in Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology (6 credits) (prior OK)
*ECO 752: Externship in Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology (6 credits) (prior OK)
*ECO 753: Case Studies in Education and Counseling with Nature (6 credits) (prior OK)
Research Preparation Courses (Required: 12 credits)
*ECO541: Participatory Research for Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology (3 credits)
*RES990: Dissertation Research (9 credits that make up your total final semester )
Advanced Studies (Electives)
*ECO 791: Special Projects in Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology (3 credits) (prior OK)
*ECO 792: Advanced Readings in Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology (3 credits) (prior OK)
*ECO 793: Special Projects in Applied Ecopsychology (3 credits) (prior OK)
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A suggested four semester Ph.D. program (12 credits/semester) ( The last semester is dedicated to the dissertation or project. This schedule assumes you being either a full time student or having much applicable prior learning to apply to courses where permitted ) Possible pre-enrollment MS equivilency work via IGE or elsewhere
First Semester: (12 credits)
Second Semester (12 credits)
Third Semester (12 credits)
Fourth Semester (9 credits)
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LINKS TO INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL
Project NatureConnect
Institute of Global Education
Special NGO consultant
to United Nations Economic and Social Council.
P.O. Box 1605 Friday Harbor
WA 98250
(360) 378-6313
nature@pacificrim.net
www.ecopsych.com
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