Our online distance education program offers
students the opportunity to study a comprehensive curriculum
in grief counseling and bereavement education and receive their
bachelor of science degree in this specialty. All of the courses
are focused on the degree major thus allowing students maximum
learning in the core courses and the education needed today
to succeed in a successful grief counseling and bereavement
education career. Grief Counseling is a very strong career
option and agencies and clients seek out those with a strong
and focused education in all facets of care and education for
this practice. There is a very high demand today for educated
and qualified applicants who have completed formal higher education
in this specialty. Opportunities abound in many facets of this
specialty including hospices, funeral homes, social service
agencies, hospitals, outpatient care facilities, and counselor/psychologists
practices.
Specific courses focus on all aspects of thanatology,
death and dying, grief counseling, bereavement education,
mourning, and interventions and strategies for practice implementation.
Psychology and social aspects and cultural issues of death,
dying and bereavement are also studied. Students will also
study care of the dying, grief therapies, and working with
children suffering grief. In the higher division courses students
undertake two comprehensive symposium courses that provide
for intense learning and focus in specific areas of grief counseling,
bereavement education and thanatology. These symposium courses
allow for extensive study and research related to focused topics
of interest for students.
Upon successful completion of GRF 150 through GRF 300, students
are eligible to apply for and receive Certification as a Certified
Grief Counselor by the American Academy of Grief Counseling.
More information is provided at this link, access
here. Following completion of this program, students may
enter directly into our Master of Science in Grief Counseling
Degree program.
The online
curriculum offers an innovative approach to higher education.
Enrollment is open and students may begin the program at
any time. All grief counseling and bereavement education degree
online courses are provided in online classrooms, with one-to-one
faculty mentoring. Students also have free access to our
comprehensive Study Tactics and Resources Center, with links
to subject related websites online libraries, articles and
research assistance. Our online degree in grief counseling
and bereavement education includes:
108 Semester Hours
$400.00 per course.
Students may register and pay for one course at a time.
The Bachelors Degree in Grief Counseling has been approved by the
American Academy of Grief Counseling. Students who complete GRF
150; GRF 200; GRF 220; GRF 225 and GRF 300 are eligible to apply
for Certification as a Grief Counselor, through the Academy.
* Note: cost of tuition does not include cost of text books.
** There is also a one time $50.00 admission processing fee.
For more information please click here
Course Completion Times: Students are permitted 10 weeks to complete an online course. This may
be extended with the permission of the instructor. For all Symposium Courses, students are
permitted up to a six month period for completion. Doctoral students are permitted one year for
all Dissertation/Doctoral Project courses.
For detailed information please CLICK HERE
Online Degree Programs Available:
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