This Basic Polygraph Hybrid Course is a comprehensive 320-hour course in the latest scientific polygraph techniques. This course consists of 5 weeks of intensive independent/home online study followed by 5 weeks of intensive classroom study, a final exam and a post-test field project. Graduates will be issued a Certificate of Training upon successful completion of the course. A Certificate of Graduation will be issued to each student who successfully completes the course and her/his field project.
The course is approved and licensed by the State Board of Private Postsecondary Education for the State of Arizona.
On-Campus Classes will be held Monday - Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm according to a pre-arranged schedule, which is outlined in the Course Syllabus. Extra classes will be held if necessary.
All prospective students will be given a polygraph examination at the beginning of the 4 or 5 weeks on-campus portion of the course.
Course Objectives and Mission
Graduates of the Polygraph School of Science Basic Polygraph Hybrid Course will be able to administer professional polygraph examinations by properly structuring polygraph test questions, accurately analyzing the polygraph charts and recognizing and interrogating deceptive subjects.
Eligible candidates enter the Polygraph School of Science ready to learn the comprehensive study of polygraph science and ten (10) weeks later graduate as professionally-trained Forensic Psychophysiologists. Students leave the Polygraph School of Science with an operational expertise geared to empower his or her individual working style and environment.