School of Consciousness and Transformation | CIIS
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School of Consciousness and Transformation | CIIS
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Our Schools
School of Consciousness and Transformation
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The departments in our School of Consciousness and Transformation are distinct among liberal arts graduate schools in recognizing that scholarship should involve attention to profound issues of ultimate concern. Our programs are committed to pedagogical approaches that include multiple ways of being, knowing, and acting.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Anthropology and Social Change Department
Our programs reflect an integration of social, political, economic, and environmental themes and issues. Instead of analyzing them separately, we treat these themes as interconnected.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
East-West Psychology Department
Since 1975, CIIS’ East-West Psychology department has been actively exploring the convergence of Eastern, Western, and indigenous psychologies and spiritualities. Our in person and online programs provide a creative, experimental space for bringing spirituality into academia through transformative elements of inquiry, learning, practice and writing.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion Department
CIIS’ Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion department offers a nurturing community engaged in revitalizing relationships to Earth while exploring the intersections of world religions, Indigenous traditions, eco-spirituality, eco-justice, and eco-feminism.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Human Sexuality Department
The Human Sexuality department at CIIS draws professionals from many disciplines who are interested in furthering the scholarship of sexuality studies.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Interdisciplinary Arts Department
CIIS’ Interdisciplinary Arts department offers a unique Master of Fine Arts degree that focuses on the vital role of inquiry in artmaking.
We value the complex range of human experience that provokes art and welcome artists from all disciplines — literary, visual, performing, media, and interdisciplinary — into an innovative laboratory for individual and collaborative artmaking.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Department
CIIS’ Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness department is dedicated to reimagining the human species as a mutually enhancing member of the Earth community.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Research Psychology Department
CIIS’ Research Psychology department seeks to ground academic excellence and the acquisition of professional skills in both the personal transformation of students and the cultivation of a spiritually-informed scholarship.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Transformative Inquiry Department
CIIS’ Transformative Inquiry department has been a pioneer in creative, transdisciplinary online education for over 25 years. Our pedagogy is centered on supporting highly individualized work in a diverse learning community facilitated by rich asynchronous conversations.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Women's Spirituality Department
CIIS’ Women's Spirituality department offers a transdisciplinary, multicultural, and socially-engaged approach to the study of feminism, gender, spirituality, religion, and social justice.
Upcoming Events
Apr
28
The Applicant's Edge: Essay & Interview Skill-Building Session
A workshop with the Career Services Department, in collaboration with the Center for Writing and Scholarship and Admissions
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Our Schools
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Request Information
Apply Now
The departments in our School of Consciousness and Transformation are distinct among liberal arts graduate schools in recognizing that scholarship should involve attention to profound issues of ultimate concern. Our programs are committed to pedagogical approaches that include multiple ways of being, knowing, and acting.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Anthropology and Social Change Department
Our programs reflect an integration of social, political, economic, and environmental themes and issues. Instead of analyzing them separately, we treat these themes as interconnected.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
East-West Psychology Department
Since 1975, CIIS’ East-West Psychology department has been actively exploring the convergence of Eastern, Western, and indigenous psychologies and spiritualities. Our in person and online programs provide a creative, experimental space for bringing spirituality into academia through transformative elements of inquiry, learning, practice and writing.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion Department
CIIS’ Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion department offers a nurturing community engaged in revitalizing relationships to Earth while exploring the intersections of world religions, Indigenous traditions, eco-spirituality, eco-justice, and eco-feminism.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Human Sexuality Department
The Human Sexuality department at CIIS draws professionals from many disciplines who are interested in furthering the scholarship of sexuality studies.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Interdisciplinary Arts Department
CIIS’ Interdisciplinary Arts department offers a unique Master of Fine Arts degree that focuses on the vital role of inquiry in artmaking.
We value the complex range of human experience that provokes art and welcome artists from all disciplines — literary, visual, performing, media, and interdisciplinary — into an innovative laboratory for individual and collaborative artmaking.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Department
CIIS’ Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness department is dedicated to reimagining the human species as a mutually enhancing member of the Earth community.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Research Psychology Department
CIIS’ Research Psychology department seeks to ground academic excellence and the acquisition of professional skills in both the personal transformation of students and the cultivation of a spiritually-informed scholarship.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Transformative Inquiry Department
CIIS’ Transformative Inquiry department has been a pioneer in creative, transdisciplinary online education for over 25 years. Our pedagogy is centered on supporting highly individualized work in a diverse learning community facilitated by rich asynchronous conversations.
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Women's Spirituality Department
CIIS’ Women's Spirituality department offers a transdisciplinary, multicultural, and socially-engaged approach to the study of feminism, gender, spirituality, religion, and social justice.
Upcoming Events
Apr
28
The Applicant's Edge: Essay & Interview Skill-Building Session
A workshop with the Career Services Department, in collaboration with the Center for Writing and Scholarship and Admissions