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Tai Sophia Institute is pleased to offer a special selection of individual, graduate-level academic courses that members of the general public may take as Advanced Special Students. For over 30 years, Tai Sophia has offered academic coursework in a cohort format solely for matriculated students in its master’s degree programs. We are excited to bring aspects of our academic programs to a broader audience, and we will continue to expand our individual academic course offerings in the coming months.

App 632: Foundations of Health and Wellness (3 credits)

This course provides a context for a wide variety of studies in the field of health and wellness.  It introduces basic health philosophies, history of the current health-care system, health models from the global to molecular level, and the investigation of how these issues apply to our current health-care system. Concepts of wellness and sickness are discussed, including the role that language plays in supporting wellness. The foundations of health and wellness are further examined, focusing on the current knowledge of the physiologic basis for wellness practices.

This course is the first course offered in the Herbal Studies, Health Coaching, Medical Herbalism, and Wellness Coaching graduate certificate programs.

Please check back for additional individual academic course listings.

Registration Information

The registration deadline for each class is five (5) business days prior to the start date of the respective course. Participation in individual courses is offered on a space-available basis. The cost of each individual course is $1,750.

All enrollees must verify completion of a bachelor’s degree to be eligible for admission.

New students should:

1. apply to become an Advanced Special Student, and then
2. register for courses by contacting the Office of Graduate Admissions at ext. 6647 or Contact Admissions.

Current Tai Sophia Institute students also are eligible to take individual courses and should register through the Office of the Registrar at ext. 6620.

Past Individual Course Offerings

Isci 541: Fundamentals of Human Physiology (3 credits)

This course provides students with a basic understanding of the functioning of the major organ systems of the human body, their control and regulation, and how these systems integrate to function for the organism as a whole.

ISci 632: Foundations of Health and Wellness (3 credits)

This course provides a context for a wide variety of studies relating to perspectives on health and wellness by introducing basic health philosophies, history of the current health-care system, proposed health-care reform legislation, balance/imbalance in health, and the investigation of how these issues apply to an informed perspective on our current health-care system. Concepts of wellness and sickness are discussed, including the role that language plays in supporting wellness. The foundations of health and wellness are further examined, focusing on the current knowledge of the physiologic basis for wellness practices.

This course is the first course offered in the Herbal Studies, Health Coaching, Medical Herbalism, and Wellness Coaching graduate certificate programs.

HRB 530: Fundamentals of Herbal Medicine: Past to Present & Soil to Clinic (3 credits)

This survey course begins by looking at the history and use of herbal medicine around the world. The course continues with a more focused look at the history of herbal medicine in the United States, up to and including current practices and regulations. The second part of this course familiarizes the student with the fundamental areas of study relevant to medicinal plants, providing an overview of field botany, harvesting and drying, herbal preparations, phytochemistry, phytopharmacology, and materia medica.

This course is the second course in the Herbal Studies and Medical Herbalism graduate certificate programs.

COA 601: Becoming a Healing Presence (3 credits)

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.