Now Enrolling for Spring 2011
Tai Sophia Institute is pleased to offer a special selection of graduate-level academic courses that non-degree-seeking students may take as Advanced Special Students.
Please check back for new individual academic course listings.
Current Individual Course Offerings
APP 632: Foundations of Health and Wellness (3 credits)
This course addresses modern, historical, and cross-cultural perspectives on health, wellness, and sickness. Health and wellness of the individual is discussed in a context ranging from the planetary level to the molecular level. Emphasis is placed on understanding the biological basis of health and wellness practices as well as the use of language in creating health-supportive narratives. As part of this course, students will engage in their own health-supportive practices and develop a deeper personal commitment to wellness.
This course is the first course offered in the Herbal Studies, Health Coaching, Medical Herbalism, and Wellness Coaching graduate certificate programs and credits apply toward the Nutrition and Integrative Health graduate degree.
*This activity has been submitted to the Maryland Nurses Association for approval to award 37.5 contact hours. The Maryland Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
COA 601: Becoming a Healing Presence (3 credits)
| Course Dates: |
May 14–15, June 4–5, and July 9, 2011 |
| Class Times: |
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
| Faculty: |
Tom Balles |
| Cost: |
$1,750 |
This course focuses on exploring the implications that the rhythms of nature, life skills and language have on health and wellness. By observing their own ways of being, doing and speaking, students begin to embody the practices that guide them in becoming a powerful healing presence and a catalyst for change in others.
This course is the second course in the Health Coaching and Wellness Coaching graduate certificate programs.
HRB 530: Fundamentals of Herbal Medicine: Past to Present & Soil to Clinic (3 credits)
| Course Dates: |
May 21–22, June 25–26, and July 23, 2011 |
| Class Times: |
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
| Faculty: |
James Snow, Rebecca Snow, Helen Metzman, James Duke, Jamiel Hafiz, David Blaiwas, Paige Lescure |
| Cost: |
$1,750 |
This survey course begins by looking at the past and present use of herbal medicine around the world, exploring how traditional systems influence modern herbal practice in the United States. The second part of this course introduces the foundational sciences relevant to researching and understanding herbal remedies. Students will learn taxonomy and hands-on botanical identification during visits to Jim Duke’s Green Pharmacy Garden. Classroom work will provide an introduction to materia medica, phytochemistry, pharmacology, ethnobotany, clinical trials, posology (the study of dosage), herbal preparations, and safety issues.
This course is the second course in the Herbal Studies and Medical Herbalism graduate certificate programs.
ISci 521: Foundational Chemistry for Health Sciences (3 credits)
| Course Dates: |
August 26 - 28, and September 16 - 18, 2011 |
| Class Times: |
Fridays, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.;
Saturdays and Sundays, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
| Faculty: |
Ed Rohde, A.B., M.Div., M.A., CSSBI |
| Cost: |
$1,800 |
This course is designed as a basic college-level chemistry course. The general chemistry portion covers energy, atom composition, the periodic table, chemical bonding, acids and bases, thermodynamics, and kinetics. The organic chemistry portion covers isomers and the structure and functions of organic functional groups. The biochemistry portion introduces the structure, function, and metabolism of macronutrients (carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins).
Registration Information
Participation in individual courses is offered on a space-available basis. All enrollees must verify completion of a bachelor’s degree to be eligible for admission.
New students may register as Advanced Special Students through the Office of Graduate Admissions at 410-888-9048 ext. 6647 or Contact Admissions. Current Tai Sophia Institute students should register through the Office of the Registrar at 410-888-9048 ext. 6620.
Tai Sophia reserves the right to cancel any course if minimum enrollment is not met.