Fielding Graduate University
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Former name
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Fielding Graduate Institute The Fielding Institute |
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| Motto | "The best graduate school for adult learners" |
| Type |
Postgraduate Hybrid |
| Established | 1974 |
| President | Katrina Rogers, PhD |
| Students | 1200 |
| Location | Santa Barbara, California, United States |
| Website | www.fielding.edu |
Fielding Graduate Institute
Postgraduate
Fielding Graduate University (previously Fielding Graduate Institute and The Fielding Institute), based in Santa Barbara, California, is an accredited nonprofit school offering postgraduate distance education programs.
Fielding Graduate University was founded in 1974 by Frederic M. Hudson, Hallock Hoffman, and Renata Tesch. They designed Fielding as a graduate program for mid-career professionals who were not being served by traditional universities.
The university offers graduate programs for adult professionals seeking master's and doctoral degrees. It offers degree and certificate programs through the School of Psychology and School of Leadership Studies. The programs include online learning, individual faculty-student mentoring and assessment, and in-person events of various types in many locations throughout the year.
The professions targeted include clinical psychology, media psychology, educational leadership, organizational leadership, and human development, within the corporate, nonprofit, and public sectors. Fielding was the first university to offer a Ph.D program in media psychology.
Fielding uses a distributed learning model, in which students learn through a mix of independent study and structured course work. Some programs involve monthly or periodic in-person sessions.
Fielding's website says that its learning model implements a student learning plan, contract-based learning, competency-based assessment, student-to-student peer feedback, project and portfolio reviews, and final thesis or dissertation.
Fielding offers the following programs and degrees:
Fielding Graduate University is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
Fielding’s School of Psychology is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). As of 2011[update], it was the only APA-accredited PhD online program in clinical psychology.
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