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Thanatology Death Studies Online - Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
Faculty of Psychology via distance learning
Thanatology Death Studies via distance learning
Thanatology is the scientific study of death. This program deals with the understanding of death and how it affects individuals. Thanatology does not include palliative care, the medical treatment for dying individuals, or forensic studies. It focuses on grief and bereavement issues, counseling, and the religious concepts of dying and death from the perspective of both the dying and bereaved. Thanatology intends to support and care those facing or coping with death, or dealing with the terminally ill.
Academic Supervisor : Robert Burton Bradley
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Thanatology Death Studies Online via distance learning
Specialist, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor - Thanatology Death Studies.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's & Ph.D. (Doctor) Degree Programs. This academic program is designed at the postgraduate level (Master’s or Doctoral). This module may also be adapted to complete the course requirements of Specialist, Expert Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree. A further option is the enrollment into each of the courses listed within this specialization module. This module may be combined or completed with other modules from this faculty. For example: Holistic Integral Therapy - Mythology & Occultism - Parapsychology - Religion - Soul Therapy - Spiritual Science - Transpersonal Psychology .
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Thanatology Death Studies Online
Tuition Fee: 1.050 Euros (1.350 US$) ... 1.470 Euros (1.890 US$).
Specialist - Expert Diploma Online: 15 ... 21 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Thanatology Death Studies via distance learning = 42 Academic credits - Select 5 courses for the online diploma of Specialist or 7 courses for the Expert Diploma from the total of courses from the specialization module.
Bachelor's Degree - Thanatology Death Studies Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 3.510 Euros (4.420 US$) ... Max. 6.800 Euros (8.700 US$).
Bachelor's Degree Online: 130 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Thanatology Death Studies via distance learning = 42 Academic credits + 60 credits in General Education (may be transferred from previous education and professional experience) + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Psychology from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Transpersonal Psychology.
Master's Degree - Thanatology Death Studies Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 4.680 Euros (6.120 US$) ... Max. 7.020 Euros (9.180 US$).
Master's Degree Online: 36 ... 54 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Thanatology Death Studies via distance learning = 42 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Psychology from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Transpersonal Psychology. + 13 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree - Thanatology Death Studies Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 5.850 Euros (7.650 US$) ... Max. 9.360 Euros (12.240 US$).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree Online: 45 ... 72 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Thanatology Death Studies via distance learning = 42 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Psychology from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Transpersonal Psychology. + 18 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Payment plans are available upon request up to 36 monthly installments. More info...
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Thanatology Death Studies Online
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 academic credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credits (30 hours of study).
You may study any subject as an independent online continuing education course. More info...
Understanding Disease
This course discusses different emotional states and their influence on health. It focuses on the relationship between emotion and illness as influenced by the subconscious. It also examines evidence that prove the effectiveness of the techniques that uses the channeling of stuck emotions in curing diseases and promoting health.
Academic Supervisor: Jean Mutabaruka
World Myths & Beliefs
This course analyses religion as a universal aspect of human culture expressed in the form of believes and rituals that deal with supernatural beings, powers, and forces. It focuses on the characteristics of major indigenous beliefs and mythologies. It emphasizes the psychological, religious, and cultural meanings of myth.
Academic Supervisor: Joseph Kariuki Njino
Religion
This course offers an academic study of religion and emphasizes the following topics: common dimensions of religious experience, the interaction of religion and culture, theoretical accounts for religious belief and experience, the religious responses to archetypal problems of human experience, and the religious expression in myth, ritual, symbol, and social organization.
Academic Supervisor: Joseph Kariuki Njino
The Search for Meaning
This course focuses on the relationship between problems and the meaning individuals seeks in life. Distinction is made between philosophy and spirituality. It explores the stages of psychological and spiritual development of the individual and the methods for evoking meaning and purpose in life.
Academic Supervisor: Agusti Guisasola Prados
Mind, Body & Spirit
This course highlights the importance of the interconnection between mind, body, and spirit. It discusses different practices of stress management, meditation, guided imagery, physical exercise, art expression, and biofeedback related to emotional states, wellness, and disease.
Academic Supervisor: Robert Burton Bradley
E-Motion Therapy
Life is an expression of energy in motion (E-Motion). Energy emerges from a source and constantly returns to it. This course discusses the principles and philosophies that underlie that flow of energy. It reviews some the theories and techniques used to channel the energy into motion particularly the Polarity therapy, Ayurveda, Chinese Traditional Medicine, and Reiki.
Academic Supervisor: Susana Merino Lorente
Crime Victims
This course explores the historical role of crime victims, the victimization in modern society, the victimization process and solutions, and victim's rights. It emphasizes the social, legal, and psychological aspects of victims, the victim-offender interaction, and society response to victims.
Academic Supervisor: Frances Chelos Lopez
Transpersonal Psychology
This course extends the classic field of psychology to describe the full range of human mind operation. It reviews the rich contributions of cultures as Shamanism, Hinduism, and Buddhism and illustrates the influence of these traditions on the therapeutic practice. Transpersonal Psychology builds a bridge between science and spirituality.
Academic Supervisor: Román Gonzalvo Pérez
Metaphysics
This course examines problems such as the concepts of existence, essence, god, universals and particulars, the nature of change, possibility, causation, space, and time. Also, it discusses other traditional philosophical issues that form part of metaphysics namely free will, mind/body problem, soul, consciousness, and the existence of abstract entities (e.g. numbers).
Academic Supervisor: Robert Burton Bradley
Spiritual Science
This course of spiritual science explores the nature of reality without the need for belief or worship. It examines how bodies, consciousness, and the underlying fabric of creation function together. It applies truths of physiology, philosophy, quantum mechanics, bioenergetics and other sciences to understand consciousness, awareness, existence and the universe.
Academic Supervisor: Robert Burton Bradley
Crisis Counseling
This course provides knowledge and training in crisis counseling, with emphasis on psychological crisis assessment techniques and crisis intervention strategies. Various types of crises are reviewed: emergencies, overdose, relapse, violence, suicide, abuse, anxiety, and phobias.
Academic Supervisor: Catherine Wanjiru Gachutha
Contemporary Religious Thought
This course provides an academic study of religion, with attention to: common dimensions of religious experience; the interaction of religion and culture; theoretical accounts of religious believes; religious expression in myth, ritual, symbol, and social organization; and religious responses to human problems.
Academic Supervisor: Joseph Kariuki Njino
Soul Therapy
The course suggests that traditional talk therapy and psychotherapy have their limitations. It recommends using philosophical wisdom as a way to cope with life, whether it be a specific problem and/or or general depression. Applying Kant's categorical imperative to a relationship problem and then Hindusim to a midlife crisis; as though they were creams for different parts of the body may strike thoughtful people as contrived. The real message is that it is necessary to have your own philosophy, because the unexamined life is not worth living (or a least a lot harder,). This course may prove invaluable to people who feel as though they are alone, struggling with their problems, in an incoherent universe.
Academic Supervisor: Robert Burton Bradley
Thanatology Death Studies
This course deals with the understanding of death and how it affects individuals. Thanatology does not include palliative care, the medical treatment for dying individuals, or forensic studies. It focuses on grief and bereavement issues, counseling, and the religious concepts of dying and death from the perspective of both the dying and bereaved.
Academic Supervisor: Robert Burton Bradley
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Thanatology Death Studies Online via distance learning
Recommended Professional References.
Joining the proper association is the best way to become an updated professional.
Bircham International University graduates may join many professional associations. Membership requirements for each association may vary depending on the degree program, specialization and graduate resume en each occasion. BIU can not guarantee membership in all instances. BIU does not intermediate in these procedures. Bircham International University provides a list of available memberships and professional references from each faculty where some BIU graduates may belong. Contact directly the ones you select. More info...
ABT - Associação Brasileira de Tanatopraxia
ADEC - Association for Death Education and Counseling
AMTAC - Asociación Mexicana de Tanatología
ASDS - Association for the Study of Death and Society
ATIPRC - Asociación de Tanatología Integral de Puerto Rico y el Caribe
Eternea - Science & Spirituality for Transformation
FDSA - Finnish Death Studies Association
IAHPC - International Association of Hospice and Palliative Care
IANDS - International Association of Near Death Studies
IFTA - International Federation of Thanatologists Associations
JARD - Japanese Association of Clinical Research on Death and Dying.
JSDD - Japan Society for Dying with Dignity
NDERF - Near Death Experience Research Foundation
NHPCO - National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
PEELC - Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care
SEIT - Sociedad Española Internacional de Tanatología
SFAP - Société Française d'Accompagnement et de soins Palliatifs
WRC - Windbridge Research Center
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Admission requirements - Thanatology Death Studies
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
For official admission status at Bircham distance education university; you need to send in a filled out, dated, and signed official Application for Admission. You may download this application form from the website or request it by email or mail. Please send this application and enclosed documents to our address. You may also submit this application and attached documents by email in a PDF Format. More info...
Bircham International University issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the distance learning degree program's major. Bircham University can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission. More info...
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METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: Distance Learning Higher Education
This distance learning education program is completed by a traditional correspondence instruction method. Once you sign up for the course, Bircham International University will send you (to your mailing address) the suggested textbooks. After reading the book, you will be asked to write a 20 to 35 pages report that reflect your understanding of the book. This report is equivalent to the exam and can be submitted by email or mail. Bircham International University will evaluate your written work. If passed, BIU will issue the corresponding diploma. For more instructions about BIU pedagogy, tutoring, and evaluation, please read our distance learning education study guide. More info...
Students enrolling into this distance education program should be aware that:
1. Location: Bircham International University needs a functional geographical location to ship the book and materials for successful completion of this program of study.
2. Communication: Email, courier, phone are key communication instruments with Bircham University that play an important role in the progress and support of this program of study.
3. Capacity: Any impediment, physical or psychological, to read a book and write a report must be communicated to Bircham International University prior to enrollment into this distance learning program.
4. Technology: No specific technology is required to complete this distance education program.
5. Language: Book reading and report writing in other language than English must be requested (and approved by BIU) prior to enrollment in any distance learning program.
6. Discrimination: There is no discrimination with respect to race, color, gender, beliefs or religion.
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Duration - Thanatology Death Studies Online via distance learning
For a program of 21 credits, the estimated time for completion is 21 weeks. For 45 credits, the estimated time for completion will be 45 weeks, and so on. Calculations are approximate. The length of each distance learning degree program is calculated based on an average of 15 hours of learning per week. It also depends on the number of validated credits from previous knowledge and the level of commitment to the studies. More info...
All information related to the distance learning degree programs is in English, although you may, upon request and approval, submit the required assignments in other languages.
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Faculty of Psychology via distance learning
Thanatology Death Studies Online
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
