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NATUROPATHIC HELP-WANTED. Nature-Connected Learning and Healing Online: degrees, jobs and accredited training courses enhance your personal and professional goals.
Our grant-funded, organic methods and materials help you safely tap into and benefit from the grace, balance and restorative powers of natural systems, backyard or backcountry.
Use the hands-on application of ecopsychology to strengthen your effectiveness and friendships. Help reduce stress and increase well-being in people and the environment. Add the supportive sunlight and beauty of the natural world to your relationships.
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Project NatureConnect
Institute of Global Education Organic Psychology
Special NGO Consultant, United Nations Economic and Social Council
Practical distance learning that increases energy, expertise and spirit.
Project NatureConnect
2007-2009 Application
INSTRUCTIONS: Highlight copy and paste this application form into an email to our office.
This form may also be obtained by email by sending an email request for it.
Links on this page offer further information about their topics.
PROJECT NATURECONNECT
[Not for general use: for Registered Ambassador or Sponsor only: place name and email here ....................................................]
General Application Form
For courses or certification, degree programs, scholarships/grants, jobs and internships.
NOTE. July 15, 2005. With new courses and funding coming online, this simplified application supercedes previous applications and processes you may find in the website.
The application contains 13 parts covering your personal information plus courses, programs and funding you desire. Simply complete the PARTS that pertain to you.
Before completing this application, the applicant should be familiar with the program procedures and options that are offered and updated on the Procedures Page
http://www.ecopsych.com/iupsprocede.htmlThrough this single application, by checking the appropriate areas, you can apply to the programs and courses listed below. You will check them a second time when you come to the part of the application form that describes them and asks for further information
I am using this Application to apply for
( ) Required application Orientation Course (PART 1-6 and 10, 12 below)
plus:
( ) Certification Program (level one)
( ) M.S. Degree Program
( ) Ph.D. Degree Program
( ) Postgraduate Program( ) With MS Equivalency Degree Waiver
( ) With BA Equivalency Degree Waiver( ) With request for financial assistance
( ) Without financial assistance needed( ) Job
( ) Internship
( ) AmbassadorshipPlease be aware that this application concludes with the following statement :
"The information supplied on my application is true and accurate. I give permission for the degree program and the IGE Graduate Student Cooperative to verify and confirm any aspect of the information provided on this form and on supporting materials and, on occasion, publish it anonymously to help other applicants understand the makeup of the student body. All work submitted on this application is my own, except where clearly stated to the contrary. I understand and accept that if at any time it is demonstrated that I have misrepresented myself or my work, I may be dismissed from the degree program and IGE Graduate Student Cooperative with no refund of fees paid, and any degree(s) awarded may be rescinded. I acknowledge that this application is void after six months unless it is extended with permission."
Applicant's Name
Address
Telephone
FAX
Degrees, Diplomas or Certificates held (if any), the school and year obtained and your approximate grade point average.
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NOTE: Unless you hear further from us, as long as you are sure your official transcripts will be available, they are only optionally required until after theCertification Level Three when matriculation into the degree research commences. Your ability to succeed in this IGE program is mostly demonstrated and evaluated by your success in the coursework, especially the Orientation Course, and your cooperation in the program's shared administration and mentored guidance in the Graduate Student Cooperative (GWSG).
PART ONE:
Please familiarize yourself with some of the Introductory and other material on the website using the left sidebar or the Site Map
PART TWO:
If you have not already done so, call Dr. Cohen to explore the most suitable and least expensive way to have the program meet your goals 360-378-6313
PART THREE:
By way of introduction, please share a few paragraphs with us, less than 400 words, about an attractive or heartfelt experience that you have had with nature as a child or adult. Please express what you think, feel and sense about that good experience and its importance to you, if any.
PART FOUR:
If you have not done so already, do the Secrets of Nature Attraction Trail
http://www.ecopsych.com/trailattract.htmland/or read and do the
Stairway to Wellness article
http://www.ecopsych.com/wholeness2.htmlWe have found that applicants who are attracted to the materials, activities and results of these activities and articles are very successful in our courses and programs.
Additional articles are available.
PART FIVE:
In 400 words or less please share with us your thoughts and feelings in relation to having completed Part Thee and Part Four, above, including:
- Why you want to participate in a course or the program
- Your background and experiences
- Your personal goals
- Your professional goals
- Other factors we should consider.
Save this statement. You may use and/or modify this statement for use in other PNC applications where required.
PART SIX:
Review of Programs Offered that this Application Covers
Financial Assistance Program: With the new grant program in effect, if you are eligible, you may receive financial assistance for all programs and courses. In general, you can complete any course or program and pay only what you can honestly afford to contribute now, and what you may be able to contribute later.
The ORIENTATION COURSE . ECO 500: Psychological Elements of Global Citizenship (5-7 week duration) is a prerequisite for all additional courses or programs.
http://www.ecopsych.com/orient.html
The Natural Attractions Course online optional, works from responding to a book at home
CERTIFICATION- three levels of Certification, each for 12-credits.
You can complete one or all of them. Level One, as well as any course starts with the Orientation Course (5-7 week duration).Completion of Levels 1, 2 and 3 Certification covers all the online courses needed to matriculate into a final one-semester for MS or Ph.D. completion.
DEGREES- The Doctoral or Masters Degree Program consist of Certification Levels 1,2, 3 plus a matriculation semester to complete the degree; 18-30 months average total time. A four- year maximum time limit may be extended with permission.
http://www.ecopsych.com/iupshomepage.htmlAn MS equivalency waiver is available.
Call the office about updates for a BA equivalency waiver or degree. 360-378-6313
COURSES available independently:
The three online courses (A-C below) below may be taken separately at the tuition costs listed. In general, course fees are $85/credit (compared to $60/credit if taken as part of a certification package)
PART SEVEN.
SELECT YOUR COURSES OR PROGRAMS:
Begin your program or course now by checking off your choices, in parts Eight through Eleven, below, and submitting this application by email along with the payment listed or through a payment plan you have arranged with the office, 360-378-6313. email
JOIN THE STUDENT COOPERATIVE
Be sure to download or request an email copy of the Student
Cooperative Application and Contract Form
and complete it as soon as possible. The deadline for completing it is by Part Six of the Orientation Course. This is Key to your participation and success in the program, and to avoid paying an application fee later on. http://www.ecopsych.com/iupscoopapplic.html
PART EIGHT
DEGREE PROGRAMS
(select one below, call for assistance 360-378-6313)( ) Doctoral program ($5,500-$9,000)
( ) with financial assistance (below)
( ) with M.S. Equivalency Waiver( ) Master's program ($3,500-7,200)
( ) with financial assistance (below)
( ) with Bachelors Equivalency Waiver
PART NINE
( ) LEVEL ONE CERTIFICATION on-line
http://www.ecopsych.com/ecocertificate2.htmlIncludes all three courses A,B,C, listed below plus four additional courses (12 credits total) and the 3 books for these courses. The pre-paid $740 certification tuition includes a $100 application fee. (Save $450.00 by not taking these courses separately. Remaining payment due for Certification Level One is only $520). These courses include the independent courses listed below:
Note: As stated in (13) below, CERTIFICATION OR DEGREE applications (8 and 9 above are POSTAL and EMAILED TO
IGE Degree or Certification Program Application
Post Office Box 1605
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
360-378-6313
PART TEN
INDIVIDUAL COURSES offered online independently.
You may choose to have them later become part of your certification or degree program if you do them with the required books. Note that they are more costly individually and that they are included in 8 or 9 above
( ) A. Psychological Elements of Global Citizenship. The
Orientation Course.
http://www.ecopsych.com/orient.htmlThis key course starts the Certification and Degree programs on-line (1-3 credits 5-7 weeks duration). Its $150 independent tuition includes three books plus the $100 program application fee if you wish to continue training. (this makes the remaining LEVEL ONE CERTIFICATION tuition $520). This course is included in 8 & 9 above.
See http://www.ecopsych.com/orientapplic.html for
alternative tuition choicesWhat month you want to start the course? --------------
(Please call 360-378-6313 for specific dates available.)
( ) B. Natural Attractions, Intelligences and Sanity (1 credit optional) Course 4-8 weeks duration (may be done without going online) $80.00 includes one book. http://www.ecopsych.com/eco508pub.html
What month you want to start this course? --------------
(Please call 360-378-6313 for specific dates available.)
TRANSFERABLE CREDIT: If you want regionally accredited academic credit (optional $50/credit) for any of the course(s), contact the staff at 360-378-6313 for instructions as to how to obtain it.
PART ELEVEN
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PETITION
(for degree and certification programs )( ) I have completed the Application above, and I am interested in obtaining scholarship/grant assistance for the degree program I have indicated. I have read and understand the scholarship and declaration information.
http://www.ecopsych.com/iupsscholarship( ) I have enclosed or arranged payments for my first degree program semester's tuition of $740 of which $640 will be returned to me if I do not get the scholarship support that I need, or if I am not accepted in the program.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE DECLARATION
PROGRAM PAYMENT:
I understand that with the grant and financial assistance program presently in effect, payment for courses and programs after paying for and completing Part Five of the Orientation Course is based solely on honesty and trust by all concerned. For this reason:
I will donate what I can afford now,
or through a payment schedule I design and will maintain,
or through contributions I will make towards the listed or agreed upon total cost of the program or courses I take as I state on the Program Application Form.
Scholarship Applicant's Tuition Declaration
http://www.ecopsych.com/iupsscholarship.html
http://www.ecopsych.com/iupspubliceducation.htmlDate:
( ) The total amount I can afford to budget for tuition and all other degree or certificate program fees (except Bachelors equivalency waiver costs, optional books, tranfer credit and telephone conference calls) is
$_________________
IMPORTANT NOTE: To avoid the destructive consequences of eroding trust and disqualifying while you participate in the program please do not misrepresent this figure. Please keep within the purpose and spirit of the Scholarship Program. Fellow students and faculty are contributing to making the program available to you within your stated budget. In the cooperative courses and exams, you need their trust and support and vice versa.
OPTION TO ASSIST FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: We encourage all applicants to help more people be aware of the program and support it via contributions or by participating in it. You can accomplish this by engaging, as time permits, in one or more of the Public Education Options listed at http://www.ecopsych.com/iupspubliceducation.html
Please indicate whether you will participate the Public Education program and how you might have contacts or other improvement suggestions.
Participants Choice:
I have read http://www.ecopsych.com/iupspubliceducation.html( ) Yes, I will participate ( ) No, I will not participate
Comment:
REFUND POLICY: If you decide not to complete your program, IGE will refund you a minimum of $1200.00. from what you have paid directly in tuitions above $2320. You may also permanently switch into or stay in the Certificate Program at that time and complete it.
PART TWELVE
PAYMENT:
Note: We only take Visa or MasterCard but you can pay for its charge to you using a lower rate card. In a search engine, investigate using a low/no interest Credit Card as a personal payment option or loan plan or to get a cash advance.
A ( ) by Postal Mail:
( ) I have emailed this application and in addition have sent a hard copy of it accompanied by a check or money order to Project NatureConnect.This is a Preferred Choice because it leaves a paper
trail, your check demonstrates your payment.( ) with credit card information
Send by postal mail or email or FAX to the IGE address, below (13).
B. ( ) by Email
Please charge my credit card $_______________Type of Card ( )Visa ( ) Mastercard
Name on Card:___________________________________
First twelve numbers on Card
______ ________ ______ XXXX (do not send last 4 digits in this
email)Call 1-360-378-6313 to report the last four digits or send them in a separate email or call in the whole number.
Date of Expiration MM/YY (Month/Year) ___/___
Personal identification number on the reverse side of
card:_______Postal Address of Card Owner:
Street, City, State, Zip
C. By FAX
( ) send "B" information, above, with the complete Card number to
360-378-8325)Signed:
________________________________________
Name appearing here is equivalent to signature
The information supplied on my application is true and accurate. I give permission for the degree program and the IGE Graduate Student Cooperative to verify and confirm any aspect of the information provided on this form and on supporting materials and, on occasion, publish it anonymously to help other applicants understand the makeup of the student body. All work submitted on this application is my own, except where clearly stated to the contrary. I understand and accept that if at any time it is demonstrated that I have misrepresented myself or my work, I may be dismissed from the degree program and IGE Graduate Student Cooperative with no refund of fees paid, and any degree(s) awarded may be rescinded. I acknowledge that this application is void after six months unless it is extended with permission.
Signed:
________________________________________
Name appearing here is equivalent to signature
Highlight/select, copy, and paste this completed admission application in an email with the SUBJECT of the email: Program Application.
Then follow the instructions in Part Thirteen, below
PART THIRTEEN
POSTAL and EMAILING THIS APPLICATION:
Make a hard copy of the total application and postal mail it with your correct admission fee check or money order made out to
Institute of Global Education, Project NatureConnect
for the degree, certification program or course(s) you have selected above.Be sure to keep a hard copy and record of all payments you make and what they are for as you will need to show them when you receive your Transcript, Certificate or Degree
ALL COURSE, CERTIFICATION OR DEGREE applications POSTAL and EMAIL with check to
INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL EDUCATIION
Post Office Box 1605
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
360-378-6313
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 spiritP.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
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All programs start with the Orientation Course contained in the book
The Web of Life Imperative.
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