Transformative Learning

Concentration

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What is Transformative Learning?

Engaging Transformative Learning entails shifts in perspectives, core beliefs, habits, assumptions, schemas, mental models, qualities, capacities, and mindsets.

A major purpose of Transformative Learning is for the student to become more capable of engaging complex challenges and collaborations, as well as more accelerated and integrated Informational Learning.

Transformative Learning transforms how the learner perceives the world, how the learner inhabits and functions in the world, and how the learner engages the world, to transform it.

Concentration Description

The Transformative Learning concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with professional practice in contexts such as education, organizational leadership, and adult education.

Practices, methods, ideas, and topics engaged within this concentration’s courses, by way of example, include: Disorienting dilemma, liminal capability, rites of passage, critical reflection, reflexive awareness, and meaning making.

"Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one identity."

James Baldwin

Sample Courses

Transformative Learning Praxis

Democracy, Conflict, and Sustainability

Collective Transformative Learning and the Future of Culture

Consciousness and Curriculum Development

Transformative Learning and Developmental Models

"We’re living in a time where the reset button of history has been hit. Radical social, economic and environment changes are becoming the norm and creating a rapidly changing world that demand new patterns of thinking, being and doing for our own personal development, as well as for collective well being."

— Jean Houston Chancellor, Meridian University

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Academic Structure

Meridian’s academic structure gives students the flexibility to navigate the University’s curricular architecture in ways that match their passions, professional goals, and other life commitments.

The structure is designed to serve a diverse student body, who live around the globe, have varied cultural and clinical visions for their careers, and are at different stages in their professional journey.

Students enroll in a degree program, can elect a concentration, and register for one or multiple courses each quarter. In addition to core courses for the specific degree program and anchor courses that represent the Transformative Learning intent of Meridian’s curriculum, students select elective courses that align with their Meridian concentration, background, and career path.

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Learning Formats

Meridian University offers two learning formats: Online and Hybrid.

The Online format is ideal for students completing their degrees remotely, combining synchronous and asynchronous learning.
The Hybrid format is tailored for those seeking a blend of online learning and in-person classes at Meridian’s Los Angeles Campus.

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Introducing Unique Impact Scholarships

Available to Meridian University students worldwide, Meridian University's Impact Scholarships represent the University's commitment to supporting graduates to take transformative action in the fields of Business, Education, Leadership, and Psychology.