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Online Class: How To Be Your Own Private Investigator

Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions. This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's highest rating: 4 stars.

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3.0 CEUs

Course Description

How would you like to be your own detective?

Are you interested in tracking down someone who owes you money, or getting information from credit bureaus or locating lost children or friends, or finding out whether a spouse or lover is being faithful or do you want to learn more about one of the fastest growing careers? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions then this is the perfect course for you! Through this private investigator course you will be given the tools to perform searches over the internet, the skills to assess public records online and the methods for performing background investigations. The class will include real life examples from actual private investigators. So if sleuthing is something that intrigues you, join this self-paced online course.

If you're interested in learning information about a career in private investigation or how to do online searches of public records or how to perform background checks then How To Be Your Own Detective is an ideal class for you. The instructor uses real life examples of actual private investigators to illustrate the course information.

This course offers 3.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

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Course Lessons

Lesson 1: Why Become Your Own Private Investigator - The real life of a private investigator is revealed in this lesson. Both the good and bad news.
Lesson 2: Tools Needed to be a Successful PI - This lesson will provide a detailed account of the equipment needed along with some "field" advice about what does and does not work.
Lesson 3: How To Do Searches On The Internet - Learn how to do high-quality, detailed searches on line to find out information about someone.
Lesson 4: The Rich Sources of Information Found in Public Records - In this lesson you will learn how to access and make use of all the information presented in online public records.
Lesson 5: Background Checks - Put all this information together presented in previous lessons to perform a background check in order to paint a realistic picture of your subject.

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Document your coursework with a Certificate of Course Completion. Pre-pay now for the Certificate Option and receive a $5.00 discount off the regular certificate price (normally $30.00). Includes both an online version and a hard-copy of your certificate, verified and tracked by a unique serial number.

Through this online detective course you will be given the tools to perform searches over the internet, the skills to assess public records online and various methods for performing background investigations. You'll be able to track people and debtors, find our if your spouse is really working late, learn about tailing and easedropping and pursuing public records plus how to work the internet for information and the latest electronic devices you can purchase at your local store. This self-paced "snooping" class is for the curious and the serious and it's a great deal cheaper than hiring a P.I.!

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