Union Institute & University

UI&U's programs are not one-size-fits-all in either content or delivery. 
Union Institute & University makes it easy for working adults to design their studies around their schedules and their academic and professional interests. With the appropriate work experience and academic study, some learners are able to complete their degree in as little as one year.

Options Include:

• Online - Learn online and at a distance from wherever you live and work.  The unique learner-centered programs at UI&U are also available entirely at a distance. Enjoy the one-to-one support of your faculty advisor while working from your home.
  
• Learning Centers - At UI&U centers located in North Miami Beach, FL; Cincinnati, OH; and Los Angeles and Sacramento, CA, you work closely with a personal faculty advisor who helps you design your B.A. or B.S. degree. You can attend courses or work individually with faculty where and when it is most convenient. You create your own program and work at your own pace.
  
• Brief Residencies in Vermont - Combine brief periods in residence on campus with extended periods of faculty guided independent study. The residencies feature seminars, workshops, and faculty and learner presentations. There are two brief-residency options available:
  
  • Cycle Option - Attend two one-week residencies each year on UI&U’s Vermont College campus in Montpelier. Between residencies you work with your self-designed study in dialogue with your faculty mentor.
  • Weekend Option - Attend residency for one weekend each month at UI&U’s Vermont College campus in Montpelier or in Brattleboro.

The Small College Experience You Will Love
As a learner in Union Institute & University’s undergraduate programs you  will benefit from the personal attention of a one-to-one relationship with your faculty advisor. At UI&U's Vermont College, you can experience a heritage that dates from 1834. UI&U's commitment to progressive education affords learners a unique approach to faculty-guided study.

Explore Your Passion
You and your advisor design an individualized degree plan that fits your needs and interests, and takes full advantage of your previous course work, training and experiences.  Your program can prepare you for a wide range of professions or for future graduate study.

Bachelor of Arts with a Concentration in Counseling & Psychology or Social Work

Counseling & Psychology and Social Work are useful professional preparation for careers in social work, human services, business and management, teacher education, and other areas.

In addition, students often study psychology because they want to understand themselves and others better, or because they seek a theoretical or scholarly knowledge of things that have been happening in their lives. With the flexibility of UI&U’s interdisciplinary model, learners have the unique ability to pursue study projects in psychology that cross over into other fields, such as religion and psychology, psychohistory, art and psychology, and organizational psychology.

This concentration can include studies as varied as experiential learning through volunteering at a battered woman’s shelter, an exploration of the therapeutic use of art and poetry, or the history of Jungian psychoanalysis in the United States.

Some other examples of study projects created by UI&U learners and their mentors:

• Counseling Theories
• Marriage and the Family
• Social Welfare Systems
• Jung, the Post-Jungians, and Existential Psychology
• Child Development
• Personality Theories
• Bereavement Counseling
• A Humanistic Approach to Therapy
• Family Systems: Theories and Therapy
• Adoption Policies and Practices

What are you interested in?

UI&I offers Bachelor of Arts degrees with concentrations in counseling psychology, human services, and social work, as well as many other options. Ask your Enrollment Counselor for more information about the wide range of concentrations available through our individualized approach.

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