Fielding Graduate University

Fielding Graduate University, beforehand Fielding Graduate Institute, and The Fielding Institute, is a licensed, charitable post-graduate separation training foundation headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

Fielding Graduate University was established in March, 1974, in Santa Barbara, California, the acknowledgment of the vision of three authors: Frederic M. Hudson, Hallock Hoffman, and Renata Tesch. They composed Fielding as a graduate system for mid-profession experts that were not being served by conventional colleges.

The college's learning model is designed for grown-up experts looking for expert's and doctoral degrees. The college offers licensed degree and declaration programs through three schools: Psychology, Human & Organization Development, and Educational Leadership & Change.

In view of the idea of conveyed taking in, the projects use separation learning by means of an on-line grounds; singular personnel understudy tutoring and evaluation; and vis-à-vis occasions of different sorts, in numerous areas, and as the year progressed.

The callings focused on incorporate clinical brain science, media brain research, advanced education initiative, human services, hierarchical administration, human advancement, and authority inside the corporate, philanthropic, and open parts. Fielding was the first college to offer a Ph.D program in Media Psychology. All PhD Programs at Fielding Graduate University have an integrative web learning focus.

Students in each degree program learn through a mix of independent study and structured course work, learn peer to peer or collaboratively with faculty, utilize a range of learning modalities, including face-to-face and via distributed education systems in courses, seminars and electronic mail. Fielding offers flexibility for students to create their own learning roadmap and faculty who act as mentors throughout each student's learning process.

The elements of Fielding's learning model include a student learning plan, contract-based learning, competency-based assessment, student to student peer feedback, project and portfolio reviews, and final thesis or dissertation.