EDUCATION THROUGH COLLABORATION INITIATIVE (ETCI)
Online & In-Class graduate program with Internship.
COST COMPARISON
Traditional Track
4-Year in-classroom
ETCI Track
3 year + 1 year Internship
Undergraduate course
BA
Generalist of Psychology
Total Credit Hours
120
120
Total Courses
40
40
# of Credit Hours/Course
3
3
Cost/ Credit Hour
Fixed: $400
Min: $0 to Max: $450
Misc. Fee/Semester (Non re-fundable)
5000
5000
Total Cost Educational (approximate)
53000
10000
Living Expenses
12000
None
Total Cost
65,000
15,000
ETCI ADVANTAGES
Details
Traditional 4-Yr Program (A)
Education through Collaboration Initiative (B)
Advantages (ETCI vs. 4YrGP)
Introduction
to
Psychology
Topics:
1.
Biological bases of behavior
2.
Perception
3.
Motivation
4.
Emotion
5.
Learning
6.
Memory
7.
Development
8.
Intelligence
9.
Personality
10. Mental disturbance
11. Social influence.
12. Research methodology
Includes 5 additional topics (Green)
Offered By
Local State University on Campus
Topics:
1.
Biopsychology
2.
Perception
3.
Motivation
4.
Emotion
5.
Learning
6.
Memory
7.
Development
8.
Intelligence
9.
Personality
10. Psychological Disorders
11. Social Environment
12. Psychology as a Science
13. Sensation
14. Cognition
15. Language
16. Treatment
Coursera
https://www.coursera.org/course/psy
travel time and cost.
Time
12 weeks of study
Commitment 6 – 8 hours/Week
12 weeks of study
Student can commit to time based on
8-10 hours/week
their individual needs.
Affiliation
Independently Managed
Top universities provides course content
and structure.
Grading
Process
2 Exams
Cross Collaboration
Course professors: Georgia Institute of
Technology
Syllabus: Carnegie Mellon
Platform: Online portal.
12 quizzes: 1 quiz/week.
Final Exam
Course Cost
$1500
$0
Free.
Online versus in-class, that helps save
Helps to retain knowledge due to multiple
tests per week.
STUDENT PORTFOLIO
Recommended Semester
School
Core Courses
PSY 101 Fall 2015 Coursera
INTRODUCTION
TO PSYCHOLOGY
Method
Course Link
Cost
Online Course https://www.coursera.org/course/ps Free
y
Time
12 weeks
Topics
12
Syllabus Link
https://www.coursera.org/course/psy
PSY 317 BEHAVIORAL
SCIENCE
STATISTICS:
INFERENCE
PSY 312 RESEARCH
METHODS
Fall 2015
Harvard
Extension
Online Course http://www.extension.harvard.edu/a $1,350 12 weeks
cademics/courses/introductionstatistics-behavioral-sciences/24277
https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/8
320/assignments/syllabus?_ga=1.11899
6175.735258275.1448487078
Fall 2015
Alison
Certified
online course
https://alison.com/courses/RESEARC Free
H-METHODS-IN-PSYCHOLOGY
SelfPaced
25
https://alison.com/courses/RESEARCHMETHODS-IN-PSYCHOLOGY#MODS
PSY 412 PSYCHOLOGY
LABORATORY
Spring
2016
State School
(Local)
Local In Class
http://catalog.csuohio.edu/preview 1,200
_program.php?catoid=13&poid=257
3#
12 weeks
20
http://catalog.csuohio.edu/preview_p
rogram.php?catoid=13&poid=2573#
PSY 345 ABNORMAL
PSYCHOLOGY
Spring
2016
Study.com
Credit
http://study.com/academy/course/ Free
Transferring
abnormal-psych.html
Online Course
Self26
Paced or
12 weeks
http://study.com/academy/course/a
bnormal-psych.html#information
PSY 342 Spring
PSYCHOLOGY OF 2016
PERSONALITY
University of
Phoenix
Online & inclass
http://www.phoenix.edu/courses/ps NA
y250.html
12 weeks
17
http://www.phoenix.edu/courses/psy2
50.html#tab=topics
PSY 372 MEMORY AND
COGNITION
Summer
2016
Online
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brainFree
and-cognitive-sciences/9-10cognitive-neuroscience-spring-2006/
SelfPaced
25
PSY 482 BIOLOGICAL
BASIS OF
BEHAVIOR
Summer
2016
Massachusetts
Institute of
Technology
Courseware
State School
(Local)
Local In Class
http://catalog.csuohio.edu/preview 1,200
_program.php?catoid=13&poid=257
3#
12 weeks
20
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brainand-cognitive-sciences/9-10cognitive-neuroscience-spring2006/syllabus/
http://catalog.csuohio.edu/preview_p
rogram.php?catoid=13&poid=2573#