Online Degrees at Breyer State University
 

BACHELORS DEGREE

GRIEF COUNSELING & BEREAVEMENT EDUCATION

"Innovation in Higher Education"

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.

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:

  English Electives (Either ENG 120 or ENG 125 and ENG 420) 8 hrs
  Math Course (Please choose one from the list) 4 hrs
  Humanities and Arts Elective (Please choose two from the list) 8 hrs
  Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective (Please choose two from the list) 8 hrs
  Natural Science & Technology Elective (Please choose one from the list) 4 hrs
Lower Division Courses
1. PSY 150 Child Psychology 4 hrs
2. GRF 150 Intro to Death and Dying 4 hrs
3. PSY 160 Abnormal Psychology 4 hrs
4. PSY 170 Intro to Counseling Psychology 4 hrs
5. PSY 190 Client Interviewing and Assessment 4 hrs
6. PSY 220 Ethics in Counseling 4 hrs
7. PSY 230 World Religions on Death and Dying 4 hrs
8. PSY 250 Multicultural Counseling 4 hrs
9. PSY 260 Crisis Intervention and Strategies 4 hrs
10. PSY 280 Case Management 4 hrs
11. PSY 290 Counseling Theory and Practice 4 hrs
12. PSY 295 Group Counseling Issues and Strategies 4 hrs
Upper Division Courses
13. GRF 200 Psychosocial Aspects of Death and Dying 4 hrs
14. GRF 220 Death and Dying I 4 hrs
15. GRF 225 Death and Dying II 4 hrs
16. GRF 300 Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy 4 hrs
17. GRF 350 End of Life Issues 4 hrs
18. GRF 400 Cultural Issues 4 hrs
19. GRF 425 Caring for the Dying and Bereaved 4 hrs
20. GRF 450 Children and Grief 4 hrs
21. GRF 490 Grief Counseling and Bereavement Education Capstone Project 8 hrs

TOTAL: 120 Semester Hours

Courses in this curriculum are to be taken in sequence as above.

TUITION: $400.00 per course. Students may register and pay for one course at a time.

* Note: cost of tuition does not include cost of text books.

** There is also a one time $50.00 admission processing fee.

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Course Completion Times: Students are permitted 15 weeks to complete an online course. This may be extended with the permission of the instructor.

TRANSFER CREDITS: Up to 75 percent of the degree may be earned by transfer credits from other schools. For detailed information please CLICK HERE

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