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Frequently Asked Questions
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The University Of Metaphysical Sciences is a non-profit distance learning facility, offering downloadable courses from the internet or delivered via postal mail. Study at your own pace while you work, stay at home, or travel.
1. Can I get a Full Scholarship or Financial Aid?
UMS offers a $195 scholarship by waiving the downpayment fee on the long term payment plan (4 years, 2 courses per month, $50-60 per month) and no other scholarships. Our payment plan serves as our financial aid package, allowing the student to pay for an education in small increments. This is the best we can do. While we would love to help everyone who receives government checks, stays at home, lives in economically disadvantaged countries, or has fallen on hard times financially, we cannot offer our program for free. It takes a lot of staff hours to process enrollments, manage paperwork, answer student emails and/or phone calls, and upload courses. UMS already operates at a non-profit status. We are only able to keep our prices low by streamlining our operations and keeping our costs low. A paid tuition covers our staff hours of operation, our business expenses, and nothing more. UMS does not operate for a profit purpose and is part of Wisdom Of The Heart Church 501(c)3. We have set it up that way on purpose so that the public can access our materials for a little money as possible. We have tried our best to make this an affordable program that even low income individuals can afford. However, UMS does have many business expenses that must be met.
Please understand why we cannot use staff time to process full scholarships. We live in a material world and money is necessary to make UMS possible. We must collect our business costs or UMS cannot exist. UMS offers far more than most anything else in the metaphysical market for a very affordable and reasonable price, so it is well worth the money spent. We could charge far more for it than we do but we are very aware that there are people on tight budgets and we want to make it available to those in low income brackets, not only those who are affluent. We are very sorry if your finances do not allow for a $50-60 per month payment plan. We advise that you meditate and ask the powers-that-be for a friend who might help you pay for your education. You might receive a miracle! If not, perhaps your finances will change at a future date. Your financial support is necessary for UMS's existence. We are only collecting our costs, not making a profit.
2. I have a Bachelors/Masters Degree, can I go straight into your Masters or Doctorate program?
UMS is bringing a new level of professionalism to metaphysics and we must be sure that all graduates have the same knowledge as each other upon graduation. Many people attend UMS who have been running their own retreat centers or a metaphysical practice successfully for years, or have previous degrees from other colleges, but we cannot be sure that a UMS graduate's knowledge is complete unless our students have been exposed to all our courses. The good news is that it only takes a year to go through our whole program from beginning to end and achieve all three degrees (Bachelors 6 months, Masters 4 months, Doctorate 2 months). Also, even an experienced metaphysical practitioner can fill in the gaps in one's knowledge by participating in our curriculum. This is UMS's goal, to give a well rounded exposure to all metaphysical subjects. Because our curriulum is so unique and no other college can duplicate it, UMS does not accept any degrees, previous education or life experience in lieu of UMS courses. We must preserve the integrity and reputation of UMS graduates by standing by this policy.
3. Can I lecture, teach or give workshops at your school?
UMS is a distance learning school and all classes are taken by internet or postal delivery of written and audio courses. UMS does not facilitate lectures or workshops. UMS only works in a distance learning format.
4. Does $1995 tuition plus course materials fees include all 3 degrees?
Yes! Everything is included. There are no other hidden fees whatsoever. The only thing that might cost extra is shipping costs to overseas countries from the USA for students who choose the postal delivery of courses.
5. Can I live on campus at your school and study?
We do not have a place to house students or accommodate living situations. UMS operates out of an office in Arcata and everything is done online or through postal mail. There are no live classes taught in person. Our meditation CDs that go with the courses are exactly what we would teach if we did have live classes, so the meditation CDs are as close as we can get to live classes and still make this available to people living all over the world who cannot come to live at a location where a school is. At some point in the future we will offer weekend workshops and retreats in subjects that are unrelated to the University of Metaphysical Sciences and would not be counted toward UMS degrees, but as for studying at UMS in person, that isn't an option we can offer. While we understand the need for right fellowship of a spiritual community while studying, it is too large of a proposition for UMS to fulfill. We wish we could, but perhaps your spiritual community is right there where you already live if you spend time at your local metaphysical bookstore or healing center and make friends there!
6. Do you have online courses or must live classes be attended in person?
UMS only delivers online or postal courses. No live classes are conducted so classes do not have to be attended in person. This way UMS can make its curriculum available to students all over the world and students can study at thier own pace in their own home.
7. Can you recommend a school like yours or spiritual practitioner in my area?
UMS does not know of any other school that is exactly similar. We also cannot recommend any practitioners because we cannot know for sure the quality of any particular person's practice or school. We suggest you do an internet search for such facilities in your area and see what comes up. If you are interested in studying with UMS, however, we work with studetns all over the world. If you are interested in studying in a distance learning format, UMS could be just the right university for you. Our curriculum includes written material and audio meditations which would be what a live class would consist of if UMS conducted live classes. Our meditations on CD offer the experiential aspect of our curriculum.
Take a daily meditation class or meditation course through online correspondence and learn about stillness, the stillness way, and insight. All classes and courses teach you to meditate and reach deep trance states quickly and effortlessly.
Visit the Christine Breese website to read articles on consciousness and awakening, visit University of Metaphysical Sciences Video Satsangs to see talks on spiritual subjects. Read articles on Wisdom of the Heart Church. Visit Starlight Journal for blogs, newsletter, and forums on spiritual subjects. Visit Christine Breese's Metaphysical Sciences youtube channel to view free video satsangs.