Non-Accredited College Program Manual course fees There is no matriculation charge to process your application and enroll you as a student. There are three kinds of fees: There is an annual tuition fee of $210. This must be paid each year until you complete your studies. There is a grading fee of $210 ($70 per credit hour) for each of your Subject Evaluation Reports. Eight Reports (3 credit hours each) are required for completion of the Bachelor, Master and Doctor levels. There is a fee to grade your final paper, which is worth 6 hours: Bachelor's Paper, $420; Master's Thesis, $840; Doctoral Dissertation, $1260. If you complete your studies in one year, the total Bachelor's program costs $2310, the Master's program costs $2730, and the Doctoral program costs $3150. You may take longer than a year, as long as you pay your annual tuition fee. Your only added costs are your textbooks. patient scholarship For patients of Dr. Plumb, the fees you pay for counseling and the therapy you receive count partially toward your course fees and studies at BrainChanger Institute. So you may take weekly therapy treatments, receiving 1/4 credit hour per session (maximum credit 12 hours), and your therapy fees count toward half of your academic fees. Example: at the Bachelor level, if you were taking continuous therapy treatment, you would pay academic fees of $105 tuition, $105 per each of four Subject Evaluation Reports, and $210 for grading your final paper. If completed in one year, your total cost would be $735 plus textbooks (Master's, $945; Doctor's, $1155). Non-accredited learning non-accredited BrainChanger Institute, like most academies and colleges in the nation, is a non-accredited private school of psychology operated as a proprietorship of Kenneth W. Plumb. BrainChanger Institute credits are not transferable to other colleges. Some colleges and universities may accept your independent studies at BrainChanger Institute on a course-by-course basis, or they may require you to take an entrance exam to prove your competence in the subjects you have studied. non-transferable BrainChanger Institute will provide you a transcript of your coursework. The diploma you receive from BrainChanger Institute will not qualify you for professional licensing. Your employer may be impressed with your initiative for doing these independent studies, but your degree may not qualify you for the employment position you seek. If you need accreditation for your studies, then BrainChanger Institute is not for you. concentrated learning If you prefer the concentrated study in subjects of your interest, then BrainChanger Institute provides that for you, because you are not required to study all the subjects of a typical liberal arts education. An accredited institution may require you to study literature, history, math or other subjects that are not in your field of interest. The advantage of non-accredited learning is the fast-paced, intensive study of information you will use in your work and life. we give you credit BrainChanger Institute will give you credit for what you have already learned. If you will provide a full accounting of courses you have taken, degrees you have earned, books you have read, projects you have been involved in, and life-work that you have performed, BrainChanger Institute may give you academic credit. If you can demonstrate that you have earned credit hours, then you may pay half-fee for those hours instead of taking the courses. If you have written a book or have directed a large project, you may report this activity instead of writing a final paper, paying only half-fee. should you do this? If learning is more important to you than accreditation, BrainChanger Institute is a wonderful choice. If however you need a formal degree from an accredited college, this is not the place. This is an inexpensive method of learning what you are interested in. By enrolling in BrainChanger Institute, you are agreeing that accreditation is not important to you. BrainChanger Institute is a non-accredited private school, specializing in psychology studies. How the program works first Send your completed application indicating your choice of course to BrainChanger Institute, along with the tuition fee of $210. Application, as well as credit card payment, may also be made on-line at www.brainchanger.com. second BrainChanger Institute will send you by mail or e-mail your course requirements, along with a list of your assigned textbooks. You may choose from any of these books to meet your requirements, or you may choose other text material, with approval and credit assignment of the Institute. Each textbook is given hourly credits, based on its difficulty level. In general, self-help books are given a credit of one hour, popular psychology books are given two hours, and college textbooks are given three hours. The Institute assigns credit to each book based on several criteria, so check to see how much credit you will be given. Each course requires three hours of credit, so you may study one book at the college text level for the full three hours, or you may choose to cover the subject with more than one book at a simpler level. You will prepare one Subject Evaluation Report on the course, no matter how many books you read. third Purchase your assigned texts or chosen alternative books from a college, university or technical bookstore in your immediate area or directly from the publisher. You may wish to order them online from bookstores such as Amazon.com. The BrainChanger Institute book list contains ISBN numbers. Should you require assistance in this matter, do not hesitate to contact the Institute. fourth Look at the list of all the courses you are required to complete and choose the course you would like to study first. Read and study the assigned textbook chapter by chapter, answering any study questions or study problems at the end of each chapter. These study problems are for your benefit, so take notes or make book notations on important topics to aid you in writing your Subject Evaluation Report. Also try to choose the topic of your Final Paper or Project early so that you can utilize some or all of your core course work in your research and planning. fifth When you have completed your study of the subject matter and text, you are required to write a Subject Evaluation Report. Use the proper grammatical and style formats. BrainChanger Institute accepts reports written in all standard formats, as long as you are consistent throughout your paper. sixth Send your completed Subject Evaluation Report to the Institute for grading. Be sure to complete a Cover Sheet Form for each Report submitted. Also include your payment for the $210 grading fee. You may of course pay this by credit card at brainchanger.com. It normally takes two to four weeks to receive your grade. Therefore, proceed to the next core course of your choice and begin to read and study the text material while awaiting your Subject Evaluation grade. seventh Once you have prepared and submitted for grading the eight Subject Evaluation Reports for all core courses, start work on your Bachelor?s Paper, Master?s Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation or equivalent project. You must first submit a proposal for your final research paper or project. After your proposal is approved by the Institute, begin your work. Your Final Paper covering your research or project may be written in any standard style or format. eighth Send your completed Final Paper to the Institute for grading. Include a Cover Sheet and a check for the grading fee, or pay by credit card online. A Bachelor Paper requires a $420 grading fee. A Master's Thesis requires a $840 grading fee. A Doctoral Dissertation requires a $1260 grading fee. ninth Once your final paper or project has been accepted and graded, you will receive a framed diploma along with a transcript of your grades. Subject Evaluation Reports demonstration of comprehension A Subject Evaluation Report is required for each core course from which you are not exempted by the Institute. The purpose of the Report is to demonstrate that you have achieved comprehensive understanding of the material covered and can apply that knowledge. The Report allows maximum range of expression: you may relate each core course to your field, profession, or something relevant to current issues. This approach allows you the flexibility to analyze the material from many different perspectives. To receive a grade for a core course subject you must prepare a Subject Evaluation Report and submit it to the Institute for evaluation. When you prepare a Subject Evaluation Report, please complete and submit a Cover Sheet listing the name of the paper, the number and name of the course, your name and address, and the date. The primary difference among the three degrees of study is in the number of books required to cover a subject. At the Bachelor level, the Report can be based on only one book. At the Master level, at least two books must be referred to in the Report. At the Doctor level, at least three books must be read and reported on to cover the subject. Select an important issue in your field, and use the concepts and principles in your text to analyze or describe the issue. Illustrate what made you think a particular issue was significant. Use concepts and principles from the text to analyze or describe relevant work in which you or other professionals are directly involved. The purpose is to relate academic concepts to practical problems. NOTE: Regardless of the perspective from which you write your Report it must show a benefit to humanity (i.e., How this knowledge can benefit society). When writing your Subject Evaluation Report please remember that it should be fifteen pages long. The Report will not be accepted if it is less than ten pages in length. Remember to include a Cover Sheet with each Subject Evaluation Report submitted to the Institute. Use proper grammar and format style at all times. You may use any style that is consistent with standard reporting. All Subject Evaluation Reports must be typed or printed on a word processor. The Subject Evaluation Report must be an original paper which relates the subject material to the student's area of specialization. Send your check for the grading fee in the same envelope as your Subject Evaluation Report, or pay by credit card online. Final Paper or Project bachelor paper, masters thesis, doctoral dissertation The final paper or project is the last step in completing your degree program. It must demonstrate that you have achieved a specialized knowledge at your degree level. Further, it must be original and demonstrate your ability to research and communicate concepts and principles in your area of specialization. General List of Objectives The ability to express ideas - both your own and those of others - clearly, correctly, and effectively, and to convey your concepts to other authoritative professionals in your specialization. The overall competence and ability to work in areas less thoroughly documented than your text material. The ability to discover and utilize research data and libraries when conducting research in your specialization. The skills and ingenuity in locating collateral sources yielding additional pertinent information. The skills in selecting from all the material available those facts and ideas that are immediately pertinent to your specialization. The ability to organize and document information properly and to present it clearly, logically, effectively, and correctly with respect to grammar, spelling and punctuation. The Final Paper or Project is an accumulation of what you have learned in your degree program and through your professional work and life experience, as well as the independent research you have compiled in a final paper or project. It must be an original paper which relates the subject material to your area of specialization. length guidelines When writing your paper please remember that it should fit these length guidelines: A Bachelor Paper should be twenty-five to thirty-five pages in length. A Master's Thesis should be one hundred ten to one hundred twenty-five pages in length. A Doctoral Dissertation should be one hundred twenty-five to one hundred fifty pages in length. Remember to include a Cover Sheet with each paper submitted to the Institute. Use proper grammar and format style at all times. You may use any style that is consistent with standard reporting. Your final paper must be typed or printed on a word processor. presenting final paper Please bind your Report as a book. A print shop or an office supply store can spiral-bind, wire-bind, or tape-bind your paper. You may also submit your punched sheets in a ring binder or friction binder. Levels of study bachelor of arts in psychology At the undergraduate level, the Institute offers programs of study leading to the bachelor of arts degree in psychology, with applications in several fields. Two graduate programs are offered by the Institute leading to the master of arts and the doctor of philosophy degrees. Psychology is a broad discipline that incorporates material from the natural sciences, other social sciences and the humanities. The study of psychology entails an examination of the human condition that is relevant to a wide range of occupations. A psychology major serves as the basis for an excellent liberal arts education. The major also serves as an excellent introduction to the world of scientific inquiry. Psychology students learn about the important concepts that underlie current scientific thought and they receive training in the application of psychological research methods. The non-accredited educational background you obtain as a student majoring in psychology will prove useful in a variety of professional settings and will provide adequate preparation for entry-level positions in a variety of fields. The undergraduate program is designed to provide majors with a base of scientific knowledge in psychology, as well as a broad background in the field for students who want to pursue graduate study. requirements A student must complete 30 credit hours of study to earn the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Because this is a specialized degree, and is limited to certain aspects of psychology, your diploma will state your Major or main interest. There is some flexibility in planning your course of study, so some will in a Bachelor of Arts in: Psychology of Hypnotherapy Psychology of Counseling Psychology of Health Psychology of Persuasion, or other majors master of arts in psychology The Master of Arts requires an additional 30 credit hours of study. The normal plan of study will require 8 college textbook courses at 3 credit hours each, with a final paper at 6 credit hours, for a total of 30 credit hours. The higher degrees will require more intense study of more difficult materials. A minimum course grade of "C" must be achieved to have any course apply toward the Master of Arts in Psychology. suggested plan of study Before beginning a psychology major or minor, students should meet with a representative of the Institute, as the choice of electives strongly depends on students' educational and career intentions. In general, students should complete the core curriculum as early as they can and delay electives until later. The master of arts program in psychology allows students to structure programs to meet their individual goals. A minimum of 30 hours are required for the degree, including core curriculum plus electives. doctor of philosophy in psychology The Doctor of Philosophy requires an additional 30 credit hours. The normal plan of study will require 8 college textbook courses at 3 credit hours each, with a final paper at 6 credit hours, for a total of 30 credit hours. The higher degrees will require more intense study of more difficult materials. A minimum course grade of "B" must be achieved to have any course apply toward the Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology. every level requires core curriculum, minimum of 4 courses, totalling 12 credit hours elective curriculum, maximum of 12 credit hours final paper, 6 credit hours total 30 hours psychology courses Courses are numbered for the three levels of study: 100s-Bachelor; 200s-Master; 300s-Doctor. Courses may be studied from a standard college textbook (for 3 credit hours) or from more than one popular psychology book (at 1 or 2 credit hours each). At each level of study, four courses must be selected from the core curriculum. For example, at the bachelor level, 4 courses from the 100s must be studied. Each course may be covered in one college textbook or in more than one popular psychology book. Each course requires 3 credit hours for completion.