For any courses to be considered, applicants must submit photo copies of all certificates of completion or transcripts verifying completion. Applicants who are using their degrees to meet partial fulfillment of the education requirements for certification must have official transcripts submitted from their University or College, directly to the American Academy of Grief Counseling. The AAGC requires 250 hours of continuing education verification for advancement to Fellowship. Each course is approved for 50 contact hours of continuing education. Each course comes complete with course objectives and a post test.
Students receive a pass or fail score for each test submitted.
There is an accompanying text book for each course. Students are responsible for purchasing the text book. Full instructions are provided for text book purchase. Upon registering for the distance learning program, participants will receive a complete packet of information covering the materials and post tests for all five of the courses. Participants have three years from the date of enrolling in the distance education program to submit the post tests for all five courses.