Fielding Graduate University's School of Human & Organization Development's interdisciplinary doctoral studies are based on a scholar-practitioner model.HOD 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.

The Human and Organizational System doctoral degree 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.The doctoral curriculum draws from a range of disciplines and fields including human development, organizational studies, systems theories, personality and learning theory, social psychology, management and leadership, structural inequality and diversity, global studies, and more.

Accreditation

Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities.