May06
A Faculty-Led Info Session with Charlotte Saenz
Undergraduate Studies
Complete your bachelor’s degree online in three semesters.
Nontraditional students who want to experience a learning community that supports academic excellence, social justice, and many modes of learning can find it at CIIS. We provide three options for transfer students to finish their degrees: a Bachelor of Arts completion program for those seeking a versatile, interdisciplinary education, and two Bachelor of Science completion programs for students interested in exploring psychology or psychedelic studies.
All of the unique degree completion programs offered at CIIS are student-centered and value the personal development of each individual. Our innovative cohort model allows students to remain with the same group throughout the program, building relationships and co-creating knowledge. The online format means adult learners can remain flexible while engaging in a rigorous, transformative program.
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A New Era for Psychedelics at CIIS
Watch this inspiring conversation on the future of Psychedelics@CIIS, including Undergraduate Studies professor Nick Walker, who discusses the promise and challenges of the field with Dr. Jason Butler, Dr. Janis Phelps, Director of the Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research, and New York Times correspondent Ernesto Londoño.
Our bachelor's degree completion programs are a stepping stone for wherever you want to go next. Whether the journey leads to a graduate program, a career promotion, deepened work in the community, arts or social justice work or a passion project, our programs support your dreams and visions.
Our Programs
Meet your personal and career goals by completing your bachelor’s at CIIS.
Department of Undergraduate Studies
Complete your degree with a transformative education that develops critical consciousness and scholarship.
Department of Undergraduate Studies
Explore the growing field of psychedelic work and research and expand your horizons.
Department of Undergraduate Studies
Gain an in-depth understanding of an integral approach to psychology.
Faculty in Conversation
Our faculty have a wide range of research interests including: neurodiversity, restorative justice, somatic and depth psychologies, LGBTQIA+ studies, power dynamics and identity construction, and many other fields.
Community Building and the Zapatista Movement
Between 2012 and 2019, CIIS students, staff, and faculty traveled to Chiapas, including School of Undergraduate Studies Associate Professor Charlotte María Sáenz. In this podcast episode, she and fellow faculty member Zara Zimbardo discuss the impact of this experience on her pedagogy, and the Zapatista movement's ability to envision “a world in which many worlds fit.”
On the Intersection of Queerness and Neurodivergence
Watch this uplifting conversation exploring professor Nick Walker's newest book, Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities, as well as the edges and intersections of neurodiversity, gender, Queer Theory, embodiment, creativity, somatic psychology, and the human capacity for transformation.
A World Beyond Crisis
Listen as Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Professor Sonya Shah interviews 86th generation Zen master and Indigenous Hawaiian leader Rōshi Norma Wong about how we can live holistically and care for the collective in uncertain times. The conversation draws on Norma’s experiences working between spirituality, policy, and mutual land stewardship in Hawai’i.
Our Upcoming Events
May15
A Faculty-Led Info Session with Nick Walker
May22
A Faculty-Led Info Session with Rob Clark
Our Department in Action
CIIS In the News
Multiple major news outlets covered CIIS’ new Bachelor of Science in Psychedelic Studies and the University’s tradition of excellence in consciousness research.
Campus News
Humanistic Astrologer Jessica Lanyadoo returns to CIIS Public Programs for a conversation with Associate Professor Sonya Shah on individual and mutual healing using the guidance of the cosmos and the power of community.
Alumni News
Zara Zimbardo and Lily Stone collaborated on the new album Marsification: A tale of planetary grief, featured on Radio 4’s Short Cuts.