Institute
of Global
Education
Special NGO
consultant to the United Nations Economic and Social Council
Department of Integrated Ecology
Dr. Michael J. Cohen, Director
Chair: Greenwich University Applied Ecopsychology
Faculty: Portland State University Extended Studies
P. O. Box 1605,
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
1-360-378-6313
www.ecopsych.com
nature@pacificrim.net
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRADUATE STUDENT COOPERATIVE
The information below is for
- students who have completed their Graduate Student Cooperative Contract
- students who have completed their Degree Program Applications
- inquirers seeking further information.
To all Applicants and Participants in an associated University Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology programs and Graduate Student Cooperative.
Thank you for your interest and participation in our cooperative education, distant learning degree program. Following the procedures in this introductory material will guide you through the degree program application and enrollment process so that you may start your coursework at your earliest convenience.
There are 6 forms
linked to this letter/page. They are action forms that you will
use to help yourself and others administer your degree program.
Save them as email templates in a place you can locate. Whenever
you need one of these forms, duplicate the template and complete
it. You may also cut and paste the form from a webpage into an
email, complete it, and mail it as instructed.
If you did not receive the emails as letters, you may cut and paste them from the following webpages:
1. A Student Cooperative Application Contract http://www.ecopsych.com/appzformcoop.html
2. Applied Ecopsychology Degree Program Application http://www.ecopsych.com/appzformuniv.html
3. Student Cooperative Payment Form http://www.ecopsych.com/appzformpay.html
4. Institute of
Global Education Financial Aid Application
http://www.ecopsych.com/appzfinaidform.html
5. General Contract Multipurpose form http://www.ecopsych.com/appzformcontract.html
6. Semester Course
Enrollment form
http://www.ecopsych.com/appzformenroll.html
THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE ADVANTAGES AND OPERATION:
In cooperation with several Universities, the Institute of Global Education Department of Integrated Ecology has constructed a student cooperative. It produces a "learn by teaching" process that utilizes our professional and experienced students to increase the collective quality of the M.S. or Ph.D.program. This not only decreases the cost of the program's administration, it makes financial assistance for it available to those who need it. We have done this because the deteriorating state of Earth and its people demands that we offer training and degrees to qualified individuals interested in learning and teaching the Natural Systems Thinking Process.
The Cooperative has been come to be known by two names: the IGE Graduate Student Cooperative (GSC) or the Graduate Webstring Support Group (GWSG). The latter name stems from the Web of Life construct that you are required to become familiar with. It is a core model for the degree program.
The Institute of Global Education (IGE) services affiliated University degree program students and others so that the cooperative form of interactive education becomes available to each student and faculty member. The Director of the Integrated Ecology Department at IGE , Dr. Michael J. Cohen, is also the lead faculty for the Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology program at cooperating Universities and other higher learning distance education programs
The MS program total tuition is presently about $6,000 and the Ph.D. is about $9,200 depending upon the affiliated University. Tuitions are reduced by grants, validating and transferring in prior coursework, training and experiences along with work/study and financial assistance. To greatly reduce administrative costs, Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology students participate in administering the voluntary, self-governing program. Our address and telephone number above applies to :
-applying to, and
being accepted for the program,
-enrolling in courses,
-obtaining waivers, course transfers and prior learning evaluation.
-being given instruction, guidance and facilitation,
-paying tuitions and fees,
-receiving work/study and other financial assistance when appropriate,
-completing the first 75% of your coursework.
All this parallels the student's University Program and other
programs and is done in consulation with them. It enables the
IGE Graduate Student Cooperative (GWSG) to additionally design
and customize the program and courses to fit each student's educational
goals. It also enables GWSG, as a non -profit organization, to
accept donations and be of help to those who deserve financial
assistance.
When you have completed the first 75% of your course work in the Cooperative, you are Certified and automatically proceed online with your training and research for your University thesis, project or dissertation in conjunction with the Dean and Dr. Cohen.
If you have, or are taking, GWSG course work and are not presently interested in the degree program, the cost of your non-degree course work with us will be deducted from the course tuition costs if you come into the program in the future. There are minor additional transfer fee's involved.
Several GWSG Doctoral Students have for the past two years participated voluntarily in a GWSG coordinating committee. They are making part of their doctoral program a research project with Dr. Cohen regarding how to further cooperatively organize, operate and administrate GWSG online and in locale, too. Upon graduation, they may continue in this role professionally with IGE as an affiliated University faculty. If this is of interest to you, you may opt to join them on the Coordination Committee as you gain expertise in GWSG.
As part of your degree program education, we invite you to participate in GWSG through learning projects that assume some of the responsibility of sustaining the quality education of GWSG and your affiliated University. There are opportunities as part of your program to be co-facilitators, guides, mentors, researchers, grant writers, public relations personnel, course instructors, special project administrators and ambassadors. This will further help us bring NSTP to the public as well as increase program excellence and financial assistance to those who deserve it.
To knowledgeably proceed with your degree program, select the topics from the menu below that are of interest to you. Ongoing students who have registered before 2001 will follow these updated and improved procedures but will remain at their original tuition rates. It is important that all students understand them as we are each guides for each other in the cooperative.
For your convenience, a link to the Index below is found on most pages of the IGE Cooperative information. It looks like this:
LINKS TO
INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL
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INTRODUCTION APPLICATION:
DEGREE WAIVER PETITIONS, COURSE TRANSFERS AND EVALUATIONS
TUITION DETERMINATION
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
ENROLLMENT, COURSES AND DEGREE PROGRAM CALENDAR BECOMING A PROCESS AND CATALYST
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