Psychology: This undergraduate degree offers 36 courses including core curriculum including: introduction to psychology, social psychology, adjustment and growth, applied psychology and theory of personality. Popular electives include hand writing analysis, eating disorders, art therapy with children, therapeutic journaling. The master degree offers 32 courses of more advanced curriculum. Both traditional curriculum is offered such as: abnormal psychology, physiological psychology, research methodology, introduction to guidance, theories of psychotherapy. Innovative areas of study include: working with autism, effective family therapy, problem solving therapy, and the subliminal controversy. Doctoral curriculum offers 32 courses;core curriculum varies according to the chosen area of counseling, clinical, organizational and educational. Innovative curriculum includes: techniques of effective brief therapy, political psychology, understanding multiple realities, listening skills in intensive psychotherapy, addiction counseling, practicum, research methodology, dissertation preparation. Teaching Assistantships are available.

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Clinical Hypnotherapy: This department offers 112 courses including a comprehensive training program developed by Dr. E. Arthur Winkler. This program is designed to prepare individuals to successfully work with the inner mind. This curriculum can be blended with other degree programs such as substance abuse counseling, health care arts and psychology. Three levels of certification are offered including a 12 month one-on-one supervised internship. Advanced hypnotherapy certification is available in hypno-birthing, pediatric hypnotherapy and spiritual healing with hypnotherapy. Teaching Assistantships are available.

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Substance Abuse Counseling/Addictionology: The Bachelor degree offers 27 courses in such areas as: introduction to pharmacology, treatment of cocaine abuse, healing the child within, eating disorders, counseling alcoholics, recovery from sexual abuse, healing co-dependency. The Addictionology Master degree offers 15 courses including addictive family dynamics, special populations, stress and addiction, advanced counseling techniques, research methodology, thesis preparation. The doctorate degree offers 10 courses of specialized curriculum including: therapeutic memory retrieval, advanced counseling techniques, clinical hypnotherapy, research methodology, dissertation preparation. Teaching Assistant ships are available.

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Natural Healing Arts and Sciences: This department includes 52 undergraduate courses in natural healing modalities of the mind-body-spirit. Core curriculum include: ancient arts and modern medicine, herbology, nutrition, healing imagery, spiritual healing, therapeutic touch, universal laws of healing, dream therapy and healing with music. There is a wide selection of electives. The Master's degree offers 29 courses. Innovative curriculum includes: holistic therapy with addictions, healing with gems, yoga, polarity therapy, folk medicine, self-healing, bioenergetics, energy field healing. The doctorate offers 26 courses in advanced course such as: ayurveda, Chinese herbs, applied homeopathy, and longevity therapy, dissertation preparation. Teaching Assistantships are available.

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Health Care Arts: This Bachelor degree is for nurses who have at least an Associate's degree in nursing or it's equivalency. Approved by C.H.A.P., an affiliate of the National League of Nursing, this program offers liberal arts which supplements nursing curriculum. This program offers 21 courses including: sociology, psychology, communications, history, human resource management, management informational systems, medical ethics, hospital security.

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Health Administration: This master's degree has curriculum pre-requisite and acceptance into this program is limited to business management, nurses, pharmacists, health administrators,mpre-medicine and other appropriate health related professionals. This program offers 23 courses including: crisis management, health services management, corporate problem solving, epidemiology, executive communication, innovative market analysis, administrative planning, thesis preparation. Teaching Assistantships are available.

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Communication Arts: The Bachelor's degree offers majors in communications and journalism. This department offers 34 courses including: composition, exposition, speech, editing, feature writing, broadcasting, media planning, media law and regulation. A wide selection of related electives is available from other departments.

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Social Sciences: The Bachelor's degree offers 27 courses with majors in sociology and social services. Core curriculum includes: social problems, sociological theory, cultural anthropology, social interaction, social welfare, understanding society, sociological organization, social psychology. The Master's degree offers 16 courses including: development of the social self, marriage and the family, social research, survey research, research methodology, thesis preparation. Teaching Assistantships are available.

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Criminal Justice: Degree programs on both undergraduate and graduate level include curriculum with Police Science/Administration and Security Management/Administration departments to offer one of the largest educational offerings for the criminal justice professional. Courses from psychology and social services offer many additional courses as well. Bachelor Degree core curriculum includes: criminology, criminal profile of violent crime, corrections, social problems, criminal investigation, and criminal courts. Relevant electives include: forensic methodology, evidence procedures, forensic parapsychology, criminal rehabilitation, juvenile justice, crisis communication, and successful sting operation. The Master Degree offers additional relevant curriculum such as counteraction to terrorism, criminal elite, and criminal justice research. The Doctorate Degree includes a number of business administration courses as well as research methodology and dissertation preparation. Teaching Assistantships are available.

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Security Management/Administration/Private Investigation: Degree programs in these fields are relatively recent. This department offers high educational standards for the security professional. A Private investigation major can be chosen. Bachelor Degree curriculum offers 26 courses. Core curriculum includes: introduction to security, retail security, criminal investigation, child abductions, private investigation, understanding abnormal behavior, office building security, interrogation techniques, management principles, security supervision, criminal law procedure for private security, understanding crime prevention. Elective courses include industrial security, hotel security, computer security, hospital security, executive security and terrorism. The Master Degree offers 17 courses. Core curriculum includes: security administration, international child abductions, investigative methods, counter terrorism, advanced computer security, total facility control, principles of intelligence. The Doctoral Degree offers 17 courses. Core curriculum includes: public administration, fraud investigation, international terrorism, public relations, organizational behavior, administrative planning, dissertation preparation. Electives include: security management consulting, personnel law, white collar crime, labor relations, research methodology. Teaching Assistantships are available.

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Police Science/Administration: This department offers 38 undergraduate courses. Core curriculum includes: introduction to law enforcement, introduction to psychology, introduction to sociology, surviving high risk patrol, survival strategy, criminology, dealing with violence, introduction to forensic science, understanding sexual crime, riot control, police management, successful sting operation, inside the drug war. Elective courses include: occult crime, arson investigation, working with street gangs, police human relations, residential burglary, stress and addictions. The Master Degree offers 16 courses. Core curriculum includes: principles of supervision, police administration, community relations, leadership management, police personnel administration, techno - crimes, corruption of scandal. The Doctoral Degree offers 18 courses. Core curriculum includes; public administration, discrimination of female officers, problem solving management, administrative management, dissertation preparation. Elective curriculum includes: crime and punishment in America, criminal homicide patterns, executive communication, labor relations, administrative planning, research methodology, public speaking. Teaching Assistantships are available.

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Parapsychology: The Bachelor Degree offers 44 courses. Core curriculum includes: introduction to parapsychology, healing research with dolphins, channeling higher consciousness, study and development of psychic skills, the study of E.S.P. and clairvoyance, creative visualization, study of near death experiences, laws of healing, original research in psychic phenomenon, the ascension process. Elective courses include: introduction to astrology, reincarnation, understanding dreams, power of the subconscious mind, astral projection, forensic parapsychology, science of the aura, biblical mysteries, advanced studies in parapsychology. The Master Degree offers 17 courses. Core curriculum includes: psychic explorer, advanced laws of healing, original research in psychic phenomenon, principles of spiritual healing, source and transformation of psychic energy. Elective courses include: near death experiences of children, galactic heritage, mind science, nostradamas, psychic detection, telepathy and psychic archaeology. The Doctoral Degree offers 13 courses. Core curriculum includes: dream therapy, advanced laws of healing, advanced studies of reincarnation, scientific study of parapsychology, research methodology, dissertation preparation. Teaching Assistantships are available.

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