AU offers a certificate in CAM for individuals desiring to obtain a college certificate recognizing their professional achievement for those students who do not have a bachelor's degree or for those who choose to receive recognition for their achievements supporting global healing.. These programs are open to all persons regardless of age, educational background or disability. They are designed to provide professional training to support individuals in helping others on a healing path using CAM therapies and / or recognizing significant contributions regarding promotion of Global Healing Alliances. See this innovative approach for Affiliate Organizations (GHA-AO) or Ambassador Initiatives (GHA-AI) Certificate Programs by clicking here .
The person who meets the requirements will obtain a Certificate in Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Certificates also will be given for GHA Affiliate Organizations (GHA-AO) and Ambassador Initiates (GHA-AI). This is a collaborative program designed to support individuals and organizations who promote healing worldwide in integrative health.
Choose one or more of the concentrations you wish to qualify for the Certificate in CAM:
Nine hours can be transferred in from one of the recognized programs listed above or others programs that meet criteria of providing documented well-established and accepted clinical / educational training in Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Target Audience
The program is open to anyone who wants to receive a certificate in Complementary and Alternative Medicine and does not have a college degree but demonstrated work and other training expertise.. Participants complete a major concentration comprised of nine credits of specialized studies in an approved program followed by three credits from one of the AU faculty that documents scholarly achievement within a major concentration of CAM. An application process is in place to guide the process.
Certificate Requirements
The certificate in CAM requires a minimum of 12 credits - nine of which could be transferred in from an approved program listed above. The additional three credits are from one of the AU faculty to provide personal experience with the students to ensure the knowledge is up to date.
Participants must complete the following elements as requirements for the CAM clinician diploma:
Required
Module Descriptions
Core Competencies
CAM 691: Energetic Ethics for CAM (1 credit)
The practice of complementary therapies requires the person to understand the energetic ethical aspects underlying a clinical practice. Energetic ethics are different in that they address energetic aspects of being. There are excellent texts available for this with by Midge Murphy and the late Dorothea Hover — Creating Right Relationships: A Practical Guide to Ethics in Energy Therapies, and Ethics Handbook for Energy Healing Practitioners by David Feinstein, and Cyndi Dale Energetic Boundaries: How to Stay Protected and Connected in Work and Life.
CAM 692: Scholarly Project or Paper Documenting CAM (2 credits)
To document a students' expertise in their area of complementary therapies, a student is expected to produce a scholarly project or paper which clearly demonstrates that expertise. This is a guided course of independent study with mentorship from the student's chairperson and or an approved person from the clinical field that the student chooses. A presentation at professional meetings may qualify in partial fulfillment of this requirement. A recent bibliography outlining the theory and describing the theory underlying the practice is required.
Specialty Training Classes - Transferred in From Previous Training
CAM 780: External Specialty Training in CAM Theory & Application (3-6 credits)
The focus in this course is on the theoretical background and application of the complementary therapy concentration.
CAM 781: External Specialty Training in CAM Practicum (3 credits)
The focus in this course is providing a supervised practicum for the practice of the complementary therapy concentration.
CAM 782: External Specialty Training in CAM Special Project (3-6 credits)
The focus in this course is on a special projects application of the complementary therapy concentration.
CAM 783: External Specialty Training in CAM Directed Study (3 credits)
The focus in this course is on a topic of choice from the experience of the person and is open to innovative opportunities of the participant in the complementary therapy concentration.
The person who meets the requirements will obtain a Certificate in Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Certificates also will be given for GHA Affiliate Organizations (GHA-AO) and Ambassador Initiates (GHA-AI). This is a collaborative program designed to support individuals and organizations who promote healing worldwide in integrative health.
Choose one or more of the concentrations you wish to qualify for the Certificate in CAM:
- Energy Medicine
- Energy Psychology
- Energy Kinesiology
- Energy Dynamics
- Transpersonal Studies
- Integrative Health
Nine hours can be transferred in from one of the recognized programs listed above or others programs that meet criteria of providing documented well-established and accepted clinical / educational training in Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Target Audience
The program is open to anyone who wants to receive a certificate in Complementary and Alternative Medicine and does not have a college degree but demonstrated work and other training expertise.. Participants complete a major concentration comprised of nine credits of specialized studies in an approved program followed by three credits from one of the AU faculty that documents scholarly achievement within a major concentration of CAM. An application process is in place to guide the process.
Certificate Requirements
The certificate in CAM requires a minimum of 12 credits - nine of which could be transferred in from an approved program listed above. The additional three credits are from one of the AU faculty to provide personal experience with the students to ensure the knowledge is up to date.
Participants must complete the following elements as requirements for the CAM clinician diploma:
Required
- CAM 691*: Energetic Ethics for CAM (1 credit)
- CAM 692*: Documentation of Practice in the CAM (2 credits)
- CAM 500: Readings in CAM (3 credits)
- CAM 502: Optimal Integral Health (3 credits)
- CAM 530: Anatomy & Physiology of the Energy System (3 credits)
- Transferred credits from approved programs in the concentrations (9 credits)
Module Descriptions
Core Competencies
CAM 691: Energetic Ethics for CAM (1 credit)
The practice of complementary therapies requires the person to understand the energetic ethical aspects underlying a clinical practice. Energetic ethics are different in that they address energetic aspects of being. There are excellent texts available for this with by Midge Murphy and the late Dorothea Hover — Creating Right Relationships: A Practical Guide to Ethics in Energy Therapies, and Ethics Handbook for Energy Healing Practitioners by David Feinstein, and Cyndi Dale Energetic Boundaries: How to Stay Protected and Connected in Work and Life.
CAM 692: Scholarly Project or Paper Documenting CAM (2 credits)
To document a students' expertise in their area of complementary therapies, a student is expected to produce a scholarly project or paper which clearly demonstrates that expertise. This is a guided course of independent study with mentorship from the student's chairperson and or an approved person from the clinical field that the student chooses. A presentation at professional meetings may qualify in partial fulfillment of this requirement. A recent bibliography outlining the theory and describing the theory underlying the practice is required.
Specialty Training Classes - Transferred in From Previous Training
CAM 780: External Specialty Training in CAM Theory & Application (3-6 credits)
The focus in this course is on the theoretical background and application of the complementary therapy concentration.
CAM 781: External Specialty Training in CAM Practicum (3 credits)
The focus in this course is providing a supervised practicum for the practice of the complementary therapy concentration.
CAM 782: External Specialty Training in CAM Special Project (3-6 credits)
The focus in this course is on a special projects application of the complementary therapy concentration.
CAM 783: External Specialty Training in CAM Directed Study (3 credits)
The focus in this course is on a topic of choice from the experience of the person and is open to innovative opportunities of the participant in the complementary therapy concentration.