CPE Units

Unit schedules for  2026-2027

Fall Extended Unit, 2026: September 1 ~ December 31, 2026

(Fall in Japan, 2026: September 8 ~ December 31, 2026)

Spring Extended Unit, 2027: January 6 ~ May 23, 2027

(Spring in Japan, 2027: January 12 ~ May 23, 2027)

Summer Intensive Unit, 2027: May 26  ~ August 15, 2027

• The tuition is $600 per hybrid unit (online class plus in-person clinical work at one of our contracted hospitals in Fresno). 

• If you want to do CPE at your own placement (with online class), there is an additional charge of $2900 for administrative fee (including agreement arrangement fee), supervision fee, and on-site supervision fee. In other words, if you do the clinical practice with the hospitals and institutions that we have already arrangement/agreement in Fresno area, there is no addition charge. However, if you want to use your own context/hospital/hospice/institution for your clinical placement, there is an additional charge. 

• We have a scholarship program. You are welcome to inquire about this. 

• If any institution, hospital, or hospice wants to make a clinical placement with CPECC, please contact email via cpe@cpecentralca.org.

• The Application Form, Requirements and Class Schedules listed below.  

• Please download them and e-mail the application form to cpe@cpecentralca.org with $30.00 application fee (Payable to: CPECC). 

Mailing Address:

CPE of Central California

PO Box 26716

Fresno, CA 93729

The  Intensive Unit  is a 12 week period which includes hospital orientation, and full time weekly schedule: 10-15 hours of individual or group meetings (spiritual care reports, didactics, personal/professional relations seminars and individual supervision); 20-25 hours for direct patient contact, including ministering to family members and staff as well as attending patient care conferences; 5 hours for reading and written assignments. 

The Extended Unit is a 16 ~ 18 week period and includes a minimum of 100 hours of individual or group meetings (spiritual care reports, didactics, personal /professional relations seminars and individual supervision); 300 hours for direct patient contact, including ministering to family members and staff as well as attending patient care conferences; 5 hours for reading and written assignments.  

The 30 week long extended Unit is a 30 ~ 32 week period and includes a minimum of 100 hours of individual or group meetings (spiritual care reports, didactics, personal /professional relations seminars and individual supervision); 300 hours for direct patient contact, including ministering to family members and staff as well as attending patient care conferences; 5 hours for reading and written assignments. Weekly, it will be one class (3.5 hours) and 10 clinical hours approximately. 

CPE application forms please go to following link

https://acpe.edu/education/cpe-students/cpe-application