Fielding Graduate University

Why Choose Fielding Graduate University?
Our mission is to meet your educational and professional needs as an adult learner and a mid-career professional. To this end, we have developed an educational model that builds on your existing learning and professional experience that features collaborative, competency-based learning and assessment, and provides flexible scheduling to accommodate the many demands placed upon your time as a working professional.

The School of Human and Organizational Development encourages adult learners to bring work and community challenges to their study, and promotes student/faculty interaction through mentoring and dialogue in a variety of face to-face and virtual settings. Our students have the rare opportunity to create a custom curriculum and learning road map that fits their professional needs and research interests
PhD in Human and Organizational Systems


The PhD in Human and Organizational Systems emphasizes organizational, community and social systems, as informed by organization and management studies, systems theories, and related social science fields. Students examine social change in business, nonprofit, government and community settings using various forms of qualitative, quantitative and action-oriented inquiry.

Program Benefits:

Pursue your own intellectual and research interests.
Explore a multi-disciplinary approach to human and organizational systems.
Work with faculty who are recognized scholars and practitioners.

PhD in Human Development


The PhD in Human Development emphasizes adult development in the context of personal, organizational and cultural settings. Faculty and students have particular interests in coaching and mentoring, ethical leadership, creative longevity and wisdom studies.

Program Benefits:

Pursue your own intellectual and research interests.
Explore a multi-disciplinary approach to human development.
Work with faculty who are recognized scholars and practitioners.


Master of Arts in Organizational Management and Development


Fielding Graduate University's online master's degree in Organizational Management and Development (OMD) is a 20-month program offering students the opportunity to develop and expand their professional skills through the study—and practical application—of organizational science, management and behavior. OMD students enhance their ability to create organizational excellence and act as change agents through the study of adult development, complex adaptive systems, virtual practices, distributed teams, and innovative models of leadership, management and organizational development. Students may select an optional concentration in Healthcare Leadership, Sustainability, Evidence Based Coaching, or Integral Studies.

Throughout the program, students apply their educational experiences to the real-world situations they face on a continual basis. By immediately relating their new knowledge to the workplace, students put theories into practice, and are able to see the results of their educational investment as they study.

Program Benefits
Work with faculty who are recognized professionals in their fields.
Apply day-to-day professional experience to coursework.
Enhance leadership skills to manage change in complex organizations.
Create innovative work solutions to support organizational mission and goals.
Develop the competence to design and lead virtual networked teams.
Build competencies to be an effective instrument of change—with individuals, groups, organizations and communities.
Become members of Fielding's global network of professionals and scholar practitioners.
Find out the difference a respected, accredited master's degree from Fielding Graduate University can make in your career. Begin developing your future today!

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