DISTANCE DEGREES IN COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH and
WELLNESS STUDIES
validated by Calamus International University
B.A., M.A. , Doctorate
This leaflet should be read together with
the Calamus general prospectus (catalogue) and Course Unit List.
Calamus International University degrees are not UK degrees and do
not have government accreditation.
Entry requirements
To enter one of these degree courses you
should normally be a qualified practitioner in one or more
complementary health disciplines, or to have a health-relevant
qualification such as nursing, paramedic, medical social worker,
etc. Alternatively, you need to be able to show previous study of
complementary health or wellness fields, or concurrent enrolment on
a local or distance learning practitioner training course. If you
do not meet these requirements but have a strong interest in
enrolling, for example out of personal interest, you are welcome to
contact us with your CV/resume for further discussion.
Subject areas
Your syllabus will be built around the course
units we offer in fields such as theory of vibrational or energetic
medicine, energy psychology, counselling, stress management,
hypnotherapy, NLP, healing studies, Reiki, spirituality,
consciousness, biology of belief, and courses to help the
complementary practitioner understand various conventional topics
including awareness of psychiatric drugs.
The actual course units you will take are
subject to individual negotiation according to your interests and
the subjects covered by your previous credit. It is possible for
the degree study plan to include some independent study, and for
additional units to be created (subject to approval) in your areas
of interest.
Bachelor’s degrees
The distance degree Bachelor’s programmes in
Complementary Health Studies, Healing Studies or Wellness Studies
validated by Calamus International University are meant for students
who already have a significant amount of credit (from other courses,
studies and experience) to put towards the degree; this allows the
degree to be completed within reasonable time, usually about 18 to
24 months, though people with extensive credit could complete in
less time.
Since we do not adhere to a traditional
academic year, it is possible to enrol and start your course at any
time.
A certain amount of general credit towards the
degree may be allowed for general further and adult education (in
any field), skilled work experience and work-related training (in
any occupation), and other approved documented achievements. If you
would like an estimate of your credit towards a Bachelor’s degree,
please let us have your curriculum vitae or resume with full details
of all courses/trainings taken including number of contact
hours/hours of study per course.
The Bachelor’s degree may be taken for
professional development or for personal interest. However, it is
not in itself a qualification to practise any field of complementary
medicine, although the principles and theory of various types of
complementary medicine may be taught. The Bachelor’s degree is not
meant to enable you to set up in private practice: for this you need
practical training and certifications in the fields that interest
you. You will need to take such practical training with suitable
professional schools, and not with us. Our academic degrees are
primarily for those who are already qualified and practising,
who would like a degree to add to their qualifications.
CIU degrees are not in themselves intended to
satisfy the membership criteria of professional organisations in
the field of complementary medicine. If you are seeking membership
of a professional organisation, it should normally be on the
strength of the practitioner certificates or diplomas you have
obtained, with our degree(s) as supplementary or professional
development qualifications. It is possible to take the BSc in
parallel with any practical training you are going, and to get
credit for such training.
If you do not have a portfolio of credit or
existing qualifications, you could start by doing both of the above
diplomas, and then transfer into a Bachelor’s degree by advanced
entry. However, such a programme would cost more overall than the
accelerated Bachelor’s degree.
Master’s degrees
On completion of the Bachelor’s in
Complementary Health Studies/ Wellness Studies/ Healing Studies you
will be entitled to apply for a suitable Master’s degree with
Calamus. Master’s degrees you could go onto include Wellness
Studies, Hypnotherapy (if you are a hypnotherapist), Stress
Management, Healing Studies, Personal Development and Counselling
Psychology.
Doctoral
Degrees
CIU does not award Doctoral degrees in
naturopathy. However, there is a Doctor of Holistic Studies degree
available, and also a Doctor of Clinical Hypnotherapy. Those degrees
are not practitioner trainings in themselves, but are advanced
degrees for those who are already practising in relevant
disciplines.
The degree of Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) is
available by research and dissertation, subject to the availability
of a supervisor or mentor for your area of study.
We are able to offer Ph.D.
research programmes (by research and dissertation only) in
Homeopathy and medical herbalism.
Finally we have introduced the
degrees of Doctor of Alternative Medicine (A.M.D.) and
Doctor of Oriental Medicine (O.M.D.) by research and
dissertation. These degrees are for highly qualified and
experienced practitioners only who will already have at least a
Master's degree and preferably an existing doctorate. UK and EU
candidates for the A.M.D. or O.M.D. must have an accredited
medical degree or equivalent and such candidates will usually be
medical doctors, fully licensed to practice medicine, who have or
are considering taking up a wholly complementary, Oriental or
naturopathic practice.
Further advice
This is an abbreviated brochure
and further advice is available on enquiry. For best advice, please
send us a copy of your curriculum vitae or resume with details of
all relevant trainings you have done.
To see our prospectus and course
unit list, and also to download an application form, please go to
www.unicalamus.org/downloads.htm
To see our tuition fees on-line
please go to
www.unicalmus.org/tuition.htm
If you have any
queries please contact us, preferably by email on
info@unicalamus.org
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