Our Programs
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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in
Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies
CIIS’ B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies allows students to complete their bachelor’s degree in three semesters. The core curriculum focuses on social justice, personal growth, and transformation. With the support of an advisor, students have the freedom to choose their electives to align with their career goals.
Faculty are actively engaged around the world in their research interests, including empowering refugees and immigrants, dismantling privilege, indigenous communities, the intersections of art, spirituality, and activism, restorative justice processes, LGBTQ+ studies, depth psychology, power dynamics, and identity construction.
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Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in
Bachelor of Science in Psychedelic Studies
Our Bachelor of Science in Psychedelic Studies is the first of its kind in the nation and provides a comprehensive foundation in the Indigenous history, ethnobotany, anthropology, neurobiology and medical application, socio-political and ethical questions, and therapeutic potential of psychedelic substances. Students will gain knowledge preparing them for graduate study, as well as for successful careers in a society where psychedelics are becoming increasingly available. We are currently admitting students for our first cohort in Fall of 2025.
The B.S. in Psychedelic Studies is designed to help students to complete their bachelor’s degree in three semesters. Our faculty are experts in the neuroscience, psychology, global and indigenous histories, ethical, legal, and practical considerations, psychopharmacology, and advocacy of psychedelics.
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Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Our B.S. in Psychology is a social justice-oriented program that provides an in-depth understanding of an integral approach to psychology through experiential learning. We ask students to situate themselves, or consider who they are in relation to texts, materials, and subject matter they encounter in their studies.
Our department’s faculty facilitates students' learning and brings in a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Faculty are actively engaged in their research interests, including: transpersonal, depth, and somatic psychologies, transformative teaching and learning, neurodiversity, social nervous system, healing and social change. Our graduates go on to make a difference in their communities as research analysts, human resources professionals, case workers, and further academic scholars.