| School of Social Work, and Counseling, and Pastoral Counseling |
Earn Your MSW Degree
in our online
Fast-Track Program --
Quickly and Inexpensively!
in our online
Fast-Track Program --
Quickly and Inexpensively!
We are proud to have the esteemed Janice
Learman chair the Department of Counseling and
M.S.W. from the University of Buffalo, later went on
to earn a PhD, and obtained her state certified
social worker license. She was appointed to the
Task Force on homelessness, has been a Board
Member of Benedict House for HIV positive patients,
served on the transplant committee at Strong
Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., did Family
Caregiving Training at Catholic Charities, and holds
Learman chair the Department of Counseling and
M.S.W. from the University of Buffalo, later went on
to earn a PhD, and obtained her state certified
social worker license. She was appointed to the
Task Force on homelessness, has been a Board
Member of Benedict House for HIV positive patients,
served on the transplant committee at Strong
Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., did Family
Caregiving Training at Catholic Charities, and holds
BROAD OVERVIEW:
* Your MSW degree can be in either
Social Work and Spiritual Program
Administration...or...Social Work and Mind-Body-Spirit.
Minors can include Family / Spiritual Counseling, Stress
Management, Mental Health Counseling, Psychiatric
therapy, or Basic Hypnotherapy Theory.
* You may earn a Degree or a Professional Certificate
* NON-DEGREE CERTIFICATION is also available in the
areas of hypnosis, stress management, geriatric mental
health, Schizophrenic and Bipolar Disorder Treatment and
Management, Grief and Bereavement, Death and Dying.
* Your Professor Will Be Janice A. Learman, M.S.W., Ph.D.
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accepted: great deal of difficulty transferring these fully-legitimate-but- old college credits into new educational programs. Unlike most colleges and universities, Saint James College routinely accepts all documented academic credits that you have earned previously at other institutions of higher education. This is true even for credit hours earned many years in the past. As an example, if your credits were earned ten years ago, most schools require that you re-take large numbers of courses when you enroll in their programs. Naturally, this brings in tidy amounts of extra income for them. But, with Saint James College, we do not require you to retake previously- completed courses as a means of generating profits for our school. How long will it take me to earn my Masters of Social Work degree? Not long at all for well-qualified applicants. If you bring only limited pre-existing graduate-level college credit and if your "real-life experience" is limited in scope, it could take from one to two years of self-paced study. However, students with a bachelors degree (or with some graduate-level college credits or CEUs) coupled with a strong background in "real life experience," find it possible to complete their studies in months. We are not a diploma mill!!! Sadly, the internet is plagued with many scams trying to separate you and your money! At Saint Jams College Seminary, you must study and complete courses, or you must have the necessary background for our Fast-Track Program©. If you are a qualified applicant and if you invest the appropriate amount of time in our online distance-learning program, you may complete your MSW degree program rapidly. Each student works at a different pace, so it’s up to you how quickly you can complete your studies. Will you require a master's thesis? Yes -- or a project alternative. Many students love to do research and are proficient writers and they prefer completing this requirement by producing a traditional master's thesis. However, we also off masters students the opportunity to develop a project in lieu of a thesis. If you are involved in the creation of a new program at your work...have participated in adding a new service...or, perhaps, are leading a unique outreach effort, you may well be able to write up a professional report that will satisfy this aspect of your academic work here. We do this because, frankly, even the best theses tend to gather dust on a bookshelf whereas a project provides an actual real-time benefit to the community. What do Social Workers do?
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Saint James College Seminary offers masters degrees both in Counseling and Social Work. In keeping with our mission as a seminary, each has a an ethical/spiritual component. We confer masters degrees both in Counseling and Social Work with majors in Spiritual Program Administration and Mind-Body-Spirit. We are proud to have as a member of our staff the esteemed Janice A. Learman. Professor Learman received her M.S.W. from the University of Buffalo, later went on to earn a PhD, and obtained her state certified social worker license. She was appointed to the Task Force on Homelessness, has been a Board Member of Benedict House for HIV positve patients, served on the transplant committee at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., did Family Caregiving Training at Catholic Charities, and holds membership in the National Association of Social Workers,American Association of Nephrology Social Workers.
administrative leadership positions overseeing a series of New York State family care facilities. She also supervised a geriatric care program for Catholic Charities, and coordinated regional assessment and planning at the Rochester Psychiatric Center.
workshops and training for women,geriatrics, chronic and acute medically ill as well as seriously and persistently mentally ill adults. She also has an extensive background in grief work in the Buffalo Center for Bereavement, and served as a social worker in Legal Services. Her wide-ranging career also includes child protection and foster care.
investigator throughout the southern United States as well as an active board member for the Collective For Orphan Care and Education (COCE). ____________________________________________________ |
It is often a fact of life for
mid-career adult students
that their previous college
experience occurred in the
somewhat distant
past,frequently a
considerable number of
years ago. It is not unusual
for Adult learners to have a
mid-career adult students
that their previous college
experience occurred in the
somewhat distant
past,frequently a
considerable number of
years ago. It is not unusual
for Adult learners to have a
What's Required for
an MSW degree at
Saint James College?
1. 60 credit hours are required
for a Masters of Social Work
2. Possession of a bachelors
degree is normally a
prerequisite.
(NOTE: We are occasionally
able to offer highly-experienced
adult learners the option of
obtaining a masters without first
earning a bachelors degree.
This is, however, contingent on
the student possessing
adequate non-degree
academic training and
significant real-life work
experience. In this situation, you
may be eligible for our "Real
Life Experience Fast Track
Program."©
Here, we are able to
consolidate previously-earned
undergraduate and graduate
credits and combining them
with real-life career experience.
We look at this in further detail
below....
3. Your background should
typically be in the same
discipline in which you are
seeking your masters. For
example, candidates for a
Masters of Social Work degree
should bring to our program
academic experience in a
closely-related discipline such
as mission or NGO work,
counseling, psychotherapy,
psychology, social work,
substance abuse, or human
services background in a
closely-aligned field.
4. A portion of the 60 credit
hours required for an MSW
degree may include transfer
credits from earlier study (or
equivalent CEU credits) earned
at a previous college or
university. Alternatively, this
option may be met by "real-life
experience" of candidates who
have participated in a related
field that the faculty recognizes
as equivalent to an internship or
practicum. For example, a
candidate for a M.S.W. in the
area of Stress Management
could show having previously
earned credit hours related
academic field or had
professional employment in an
under-served area, a family
practice clinic, a pain
management practice or,
perhaps, in a similarly-oriented
chiropractic office.
5. You May Choose between a
Thesis or Other Approved
Project
NOTE: Under exceptional
circumstances, the faculty has
the authority to deem that
service previously-completed
by individual students may
satisfy theses or project
requirements.
As we explain on our Charter
and Accreditation page, we are
a seminary college as opposed
to a secularly-accredited school.
While our degrees are fully
legitimate and are academically
sound, our faculty and tuition
would increase online
Fast-Track Adult Learner
tuitions from a typical $5,000 to
an estimated $50,000 or more!
Regional accreditation is
required for state licensure. You
must "do your homework" and
decide whether or not you
require a license. If you do,
please understand that it is not
the intent of our M.S.W. program
to prepare or authorize
graduates to go on to achieve
state licensing using our
degree as the qualifier. Our
program is solely designed to
provide additional clinical skills,
to introduce MSW candidates to
new treatment modalities, and
in cases not linked to licensing,
perhaps to enhance prospects
for career advancement.
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We are fully
registered and
chartered:
Saint James College Seminary
is operated as an inter-faith,
non-denominational, inclusive
spiritual and ethical educational
center of excellence by The Love
Church Worldwide. We are both
government chartered and also
by Our Daily Bread. We are
affiliated with The Association of
Accredited Bible Schools and
Teachers.
Due to being owned by a
chartered religious
denomination, the government
requires that our degrees be
awarded with a relationship
to a church or spiritual
competency. You may sign your
name with your credentials,
such as Kathy Smith, M.S.W., or
Larry Jones, M.S.W., but the
government correctly requires
that your actual Saint James
College diploma must say
"Master of Social Work in
Spiritual Counseling" or,
perhaps, "Master of Social Work
Parish Family Counseling".
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