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Please "bookmark" this page if you want to visit it again later. CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE     Certificate Program Description LEARNING WITH NATURE: Sensory nature activities and knowledge for wellness, spirit and deeper understanding. Walk nature's socially and environmentally responsible path to rewarding relationships and livelihoods.   "Oh, what a catastrophe, what a maiming of love when it was made personal, merely personal feeling. This is what is the matter with us: we are bleeding at the roots because we are cut off from the earth and sun and stars. Love has become a grinning mockery because, poor blossom, we plucked it from its stem on the Tree of Life and expected it to keep on blooming in our civilized vase on the table." - D. H. Lawrence     INTRODUCTION TO THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM The challenge: Irrefutable studies now confirm that stress emanating from our nature disconnected "bleeding roots" creates the insatiable wants, abusive insensitivity and greed that cause our most troublesome personal, social and environmental problems.   The response: The Nature Connected Learning Certificate Program can be added to, or included in, any eduction or training program including Post Doctoral Certification. It helps personal life coach healing and alternative medicine counselLng discover how our excessive separation from nature stresses our sentient inner nature and causes many "unsolvable problems." Learn how to reverse this destructive mental health process. Master thoughtful, nature reconnecting knowledge and activities that dissolve stress by satisfying our deepest natural loves, wants and spirit. This program teaches hands-on skills that enable your thinking to tap the "higher power" wisdom of nature's biological creation process. The program's unique methods and materials enable us to let natural systems within and around us nurture our self-esteem, friendships and responsibility through e-mail, telephone and personal contacts. Start this important distance learning program at your convenience by obtaining an application. Financial aid, scholarships, internships and facilitator positions are offered. Further information about the program and process is available. The Certificate Program starts with an online Orientation Course   "Presents timely sound theory and well grounded experience. In our struggle to find connectedness and meaning it allows the natural world to nurture a responsible growing edge of culture." Bill Hammond, Director of Environmental Education, Lee County, FL.   "I have opened an office providing 'nature connecting counseling' as well as hypnotherapy to folks. I am astonished at the positive response. People are desperate to connect with nature. I am amazed at how many people are suffering silently out there, just hungry for help. This 'nature thing' is really hitting a chord." Mardi Jones, Ph.D.   "Presents an accessible, simple, enjoyable and extremely powerful way that love for all life may heal the deep wounds that we suffer." Elisabeth Ryland, Ph.D.   "We dramatically increased our program's effectiveness by adding the Natural Systems Thinking Process to it. It enables our participants to connect with their sensory origins in nature and use that peaceful power to improve their relationships with self, society and the environment." James Rowe, Ph.D. Director of the Outward Bound School in Costa Rica     NOTE: Select Here for an IGE SPECIAL ORGANIC PSYCHOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM for a CERTIFICATE or for completing a DEGREE in Organic Psychology based on previous equivalent life experience and training.   THE INSTITUE OF GLOBAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATION PROGRAM This three level online program consists of 36 IGE credits of coursework and provides certification of Natural System Thinking Process (NSTP) training for leadership and program facilitation. It may be taken independently or in conjunction with any degree program. You may use this certificate program as a Bachelors, Masters or Post Doctoral Certificate of Training for adding organic psychology NSTP to your present field of interest. Each level may be completed within six months or less through distance education. Costs are reduced and credit is obtained for learning to administer and mentor the program online while you are engaged in it, The total program can be completed within two years or extended to four years. Courses start at any appropriate time, not just at the beginning of a semester. Appropriate prior learning, professional and life experiences may used to partially fulfill requirements for courses below marked "prior OK". Transferable Accreditation from cooperating universities is available for courses marked AC at extra cost, approximately $47/credit Total program Admisson Application fee is $740 of which $640 is refundable if you are not admitted to the program. This fee includes the tuition for Level One certification and required books.     CERTIFICATION LEVELS AND REQUIREMENTS In general, take the courses listed for the 1, 2 and 3 levels in the sequence of the levels, i.e. complete Level 1 courses before doing Level 2. Also take advantge of special courses as they are announced. Be sure to have completed a course's prerequsite courses before doing it. You can informally work on any courses once you have successfully completed the Orientation Course ECO 500 and the Introduction Course ECO 501.   At this point be sure you are aware of this information: A. The Certified Master Practioner track for certification or a degree. B. The Organic Psychology track for certification or a degree based on previous life experience. C. Select here for an overview of Certification procedures     CERTIFICATION AND DEGREE PROGRAM COURSES:   These courses may be taken at $60/credit within the degree program and have financial assistance available for them. Below, the courses below that are identified AC sit within the framework of Project NatureConnect's online degree program and include suggested credit options. Self-Designed (SD) Certificate or Degree Program With faculty approval, a qualified student may choose to attain a certification level by taking 12 Carnegie units of that level's self-design courses (identified SD.) A course may be taken for 1 or more IGE credits, as it is indicated: (for example, 1-4 SDIGE Carnegie credits means that the course can be taken for 1-4 credits by additionally mentoring and/or co-facilitating it).   LEVEL ONE CERTIFICATION (CRT): First Semester CERTIFICATION FOR ORGANIZING AND FACILITATING THE ORIENTATION COURSE: Psychological Elements of Global Citizenship 12 credits; 6-18 Months, TUITION: $740. Level One leads to coursework, internships, work, jobs and careers that incorporate Orientation Course materials. One IGE Credit equals 45 hours of classwork   AC = Transferable Accreditation and transcripts from cooperating universities are available for courses marked AC at extra cost, approximately $50/credit SD = Can be used in the Self-Designed (SD) Certificate or Degree Program (see box above)   COURSES: ECO101: (optional) AC Nature-Connected Personal Balance, Healing and Stress Management 1 IGE Carnegie credits (1 PSU credit) ECO 500CRT AC: ORIENTATION COURSE Psychological Elements of Global Citizenship 1-3 SDIGE Carnegie credits (1-4 PSU credits) . ECO 508CRT AC: Natural Attractions, Intelligences and Sanity (1-3 PSU credits) 1-2 SDIGE Carnegiecredits ...........ECO 500 prerequisite.or concurrent . ECO 501CRT AC: Introduction to Educating and Counseling With Nature RWN 3-6 SDIGE credit (1-6 PSU credits) ECO 500 prerequisite . ECO 503CRT: Directed Readings 3 IGE credits (prior OK) CREDIT OPTION AVAILABLE* . ECO 522CRT: Public Relations/Funding 3 IGE Carnegie credits(prior OK) CREDIT OPTION AVAILABLE* . ECO 751A:(1)CRT GWSG: Cooperative Administration of an NSTP Online Training and Degree Program. 1 required IGE Carnegie credit.  *CREDIT OPTION AVAILABLE: Purpose: to spread out reading and learning experiences in this course area and take advantage of opportunities that may present themselves later or now. 1) Only take one or two credits in this course now in this Level One and take the remainder later in your additional Certification Level(s). 2) Substitute you opt-out credit(s) in this course now with hours from an Elective Course or a non-online course in Certification Level Two or Three. 3) Do the remaining hours for this course as part of your additional Certification Level(s)   (1) Note: ECO 751A and participation in GWSG is waived if, instead, in your initial payment you include an extra tuition fee of $1500/certification level. This optional tuition fee goes for the services of a guide to help you develop your program and course schedule in conjunction with GWSG. You do not have to pay this fee if you take the required Cooperative Administration Course ECO 751A. This fee is not covered by scholarship or distance learning grants funding.       LEVEL TWO CERTIFICATION (CRT): Second Semester CERTIFICATION FOR ORGANIZING AND FACILITATING THE INTRODUCTORY EDUCATING AND COUNSELING WITH NATURE COURSE: Introduction to Educating and Counseling With Nature 12 credits; 6-18 Months TUITION: $740 Level Two leads to internships, jobs, careers or work, that incorporate Level One and Introductory NSTP course material. One Credit equals 45 hours of classwork ECO 502CRT AC: Educating and Counseling With Nature Part I WMWE 3-7 SDIGE credits (1-15 PSU credits) Part II WMWE 3-6 SDIGE credits (1-14 .PSU credits) ............ http://www.ecopsych.com/eco502parts.html .......... .ECO 501 prerequisite. . ECO 601CRT AC: Student Teaching Introduction to Educating and Counseling With Nature RWN ...........3-6 SDIGE credits ...........ECO 501 prerequisite. . ECO 504CRT: Sensory Knowing & Culture 2-3 SDIGE credits . ECO 751A:(1) GWSG: Cooperative Administration of an NSTP Online Training and Degree Program. 1 required IGE credit. . ELECTIVE 3 CREDITS (An alternative to ECO 504 for students not going on to Level Three, see below).   APPLICATION FORM     LEVEL THREE CERTIFICATION (CRT): Third Semester CERTIFICATION FOR ORGANIZING AND FACILITATING THE COURSE Educating and Counseling With Nature 12 credits; 6-18 Months TUITION: $740 Level Three leads to internships, careers, jobs, work and advanced degrees that center around implementing NSTP. One Credit equals 45 hours of classwork ECO 602CRT AC: Student Teaching Educating and Counseling With Nature Part I WMWE 3 IGE Carnegie credits Part II WMWE 3 IGE Carnegie credits....... ........... http://www.ecopsych.com/eco602parts.html ........... ECO 502 prerequisite. ELECTIVE 4 IGE credits see below . ECO 751A:(1) GWSG: Cooperative Administration of an NSTP Online Training and Degree Program. 1 required IGE Carnegie credits. . ECO 800: Certification in Applied Ecopsychology 1 IGE credit Successful completion of this course signifies optional matriculation into 15 credit research and thesis or dissertation completion of an M.S. or Ph.D program or its equivalent.   APPLICATION FORM   ELECTIVES for level one, two or three ECO101: Nature-Connected Personal Balance, Healing and Stress Management AC 1 IGE Credit (may be used as internship or field study unit) ECO 509CRT: Natural /Global History of the Senses Up to 3-5 SDIGE Carnegie credits ECO 751CRT: Field Studies in Educating and Counseling With Nature Up to 3 IGE Carnegie credits (prior OK) ECO 752CRT: Externship in Educating and Counseling With Nature Up to 3 IGE Carnegie credits (prior OK) ECO 753CRT: Case Studies in Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology (3-6 IGE Carnegie credits) (prior OK) ECO 793CRT Selected Topics or Problems 3-6 IGE Carnegie credits (prior OK) ECO 800CRT: Certification in Applied Ecopsychology 1 IGE Carnegie credits MATRICULATION Enter and complete the Degree research component of the program while on this course Counseling with Natural Attractions: A Hands-On Natural Sensory Awareness Trail for Environmental Educators and School Counselors .....1-2 trimester credits 10-20 clock hours (PSU) .....1 IGE Carnegie credits Explore Nature's Wisdom: Nature, Poetry, and Art as a Gateway to Discovering Creative Sensory-Awareness in Nature .....1-2 trimester credits 10-20 clock hours (PSU) .....1 IGE Carnegie credits   APPLICATION FORM   APPLICATION FORM ** Note: ECO 751A and participation in GWSG is waived upon the initial payment of a tuition fee of $1500/certifiction level for the services of a guide to help you develop your program and course schedule in conjunction with GWSG.   Select here for an overview of Certification procedures   FINANCIAL AID AND CREDIT FEES By special permission payments can be made by the credit as you proceed in each course of the program (at $80/credit instead of $62/credit, as above, to accommodate bookeeping for handling payment transactions, payment failure etc.). The total program Admisson Application fee then becomes $250 and includes two credits: ECO 500 Orientation Course and ECO 751A . Each Certification Level then becomes $960 (It's less expensive to borrow the money at a bank)   Core textbooks are included in each Level tuition and are available separately as well. A financial aid/work study "Ambassador" program is available Additional costs to optionally complete Ph.D. or M.S. degrees depend upon the University you select to complete your the Degree work. These tuitions with scholarship support run $2,200 - $30,000 US. Scholarships, grants, loans and financial aid are available to qualifiying individuals. It is best to state your degree and scholarship goals before starting the Certification program so they will be available to you when you need them. Select Here for further information about the degree program options. Select Here for tuition and refund information   IGE SPECIAL ORGANIC PSYCHOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM for a CERTIFICATE or for completing a DEGREE in Organic Psychology based on previous equivalent life experience and training. For full information visit the ORGANIC PSYCHOLOGY TRACK   CREDITS REQUIRED: 18 credits One Credit equals 45 hours of study. TIME REQUIRED 8-18 Months, TUITION* $740 for certification. Certification plus Degree at West Coast University: $5800 Ph.D. $3500 MS $4950 BS (including AA) $2050 AA *Actual paid tuition costs depend upon how much you can afford and the financial assistance you request from Project NatureConnect.   Prerequsite: 4000 hours (2 years) of documented equivalent education, training and/or life experience in any applicable subject, profession or hobby or combination of them.   Books used in Certification courses: WLI Web of Life Imperative RWN Reconnecting Wtih Nature EW Einstein's World WMWE Well Mind, Well Earth .includes CNW Connecting With Nature HNW How Nature Works MNC My Name Is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization COURSES ONLINE: ECO 500 AC: Psychological Elements of Global Citizenship 1 IGE credit (1-2 PSU credits) The Orientation course. Optional:You may start your project outline and references during this course. WLI, RWN ECO 751A: GWSG: Cooperative Administration of an NSTP Online Training and Degree Program. 1 required IGE credit. Most people remain in this course after completing the program. It's a free support group for yourself and others. HNW ECO 510 Internships in Online Facilitating 1 IGE credit. ( Option: 3 credits for co-fac ECO 502 [ECO 601-2] ) You may only co-facilitate the parts of courses you have completed. This course may be taken up to five separate times for 5 credits. Two credits, minimum, for ECO 500, ECO 501 are required for Organic Psychology Certification. MNC ECO 508 AC: Natural Attractions, Intelligences and Sanity. Solo or online with group 1 IGE Credit (1 PSU credit) ECO 500 prerequisite.or concurrent EW ECO 501 AC: Introduction to Educating and Counseling With Nature 2 IGE credits(1-3 PSU credits) ECO 500 prerequisite RWN ECO 502 AC: Educating and Counseling With Nature ECO 501 Prerequisite WMWE Part I WMWE 3 IGE credits (3 PSU credits) Part II WMWE 3 IGE credits ( 2-3 .PSU credits) http://www.ecopsych.com/eco502parts.html ECO 501 prerequisite. ECO 800 Certification in Applied Ecopsychology 1 IGE credit Written and Oral Comprehensives MS Ph.D. Project Outline approval. ECO 900 3 IGE credits Completion of Degree: Research, Final Paper, Thesis or Project/Dissertation and Oral Defense or as is customary in many USA Master's Degree programs, an extra, appropriate, 3 credit elective course may be substituted for the MS Thesis and ECO 900. (ECO 601, or electives with staff approval.) Requests for reasonable variences in the course program are respected.   For futher Information visit the ORGANIC PSYCHOLOGY TRACK     Select Here To Continue .     Share this website with a friend: ,     INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL EDUCATION Special NGO consultant United Nations Economic and Social Council PROJECT NATURECONNECT Readily available, online, natural science tools for the health of person, planet and spirit P.O. Box 1605, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 360-378-6313 <email> www.ecopsych.com ORGANIC ADVANCED ECOPSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION The Natural Systems Thinking Process Dr. Michael J. Cohen, Director send email All programs start with the Orientation Course contained in the book The Web of Life Imperative. .