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.
- The Meridian Social Entrepreneurship Scholarship
- The Meridian Developmental Coaching Scholarship
- The Meridian Collective Trauma Transformation Scholarship
The Meridian Social Entrepreneurship Scholarship
This scholarship is intended to support student initiatives related to generative entrepreneurship, sustainable development, and cultural leadership.
Successful scholarship applicants will communicate their prior experience, current intentions, and specific plans towards entrepreneurial achievement related to social impact aligned with the Inner Development Goals and/or Sustainable Development Goals.
The Meridian Developmental Coaching Scholarship
This scholarship is intended to support students who intend to contribute to the next evolution of personal, executive, performance, Health and Wellbeing Coaching professions by building a career as a coach, coaching educator, or educational leader.
Successful scholarship applicants will communicate their prior experience, current intentions, and specific plans towards becoming a coach, founding and leading educational initiatives, or developing training programs aligned with the Inner Development Goals.
The Meridian Collective Trauma Transformation Scholarship
This scholarship is intended to support students who intend to contribute to the transformation and healing of individual and collective trauma through coaching, educational programing, public programming, or entrepreneurial product development.
Successful scholarship applicants will communicate their prior experience, current intentions, and specific plans towards becoming a coach or developing training programs aligned with the Inner Development Goals.
John Maxwell
Available for the following degrees:
MBA in Creative Enterprise
Focusing on leadership in the context of business and entrepreneurship?
The MBA in Creative Enterprise is designed to enable graduates who are well-educated in core business functions like management, marketing, finance, operations, and strategy. In addition, Meridian's MBA curriculum weaves several essential emphases through most MBA courses such as:
- Transformative Innovation
- Business as a Means of Regenerating the Commons
- Entrepreneurship that is Generative, Not Extractive
- Developmentally-driven Organizations
MEd in Educational Leadership
Focusing on leadership in the context of educational organizations?
The MEd in Educational Leadership is designed to enable graduates who are well-educated in the principles and practices of transformative learning, as applied to contexts such as expressive and movement arts education, developmental, Health and Wellbeing Coaching, and transformative leadership.
The MEd is optimal for students seeking professional paths such as facilitation, organizational leadership, performance coaching, and leadership of educational initiatives.
MA in Psychology
Focusing on personal development and leadership coaching?
The Master's in Psychology curriculum offers coursework in psychology drawing on spiritual traditions, somatic practices, creative arts, mythology, indigenous wisdom, literary and poetic imagination, deep ecology, mystical philosophy, cultural history, and social critique. This degree program provides students with the opportunity to activate core capacities and develop skills which are relevant for pursuing alternative paths in psychology.
The Master's in Psychology program takes a distinct approach to Transformative Learning, emphasizing the transformation of identity, as well as that of personal and professional life. The program emphasizes embodiment, meaning-making, and community-making as critical dimensions for creative leadership in contemporary, postmodern society.
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Meridian's Master's and Doctoral degrees in Psychology are designed to prepare graduates for a professional future in the contexts noted below, with which the concentrations are specifically aligned.
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Professional Future
Meridian's professional masters degrees degrees are designed to prepare graduates for leadership in the contexts noted below, with which the concentrations are specifically aligned.
- Developmental Coaching
- Health and Wellbeing Coaching
- Performance Coaching
- Process Facilitation
- Organizational Development
- Entrepreneurship
- Team Development
- Human Resources
- Teaching: higher education and non-formal learning
- Business and Non-Profit Leadership
- Social and Cultural Innovation
- Developmental Coaching
- Health and Wellbeing Coaching
- Performance Coaching
- Process Facilitation
- Organizational Development
- Entrepreneurship
- Team Development
- Human Resources
- Teaching: higher education and non-formal learning
- Business and Non-Profit Leadership
- Social and Cultural Innovation
Claire L. — EdD in Organizational Leadership Student
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.
Learning Formats
Online Format
The online learning format allows students to complete 100% of their degree requirements remotely from anywhere in the world. Grounded in a distinctive faculty-led model, Meridian’s dynamic online learning platform provides maximum flexibility while maintaining high levels of engagement.
Hybrid Format
Meridian’s hybrid learning format integrates online courses with in-person classes at the Los Angeles Campus. This format combines an innovative online learning approach with face-to-face engagement with faculty, staff, and peers while offering access to co-working spaces and campus resources.
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Meridian’s Admissions Team has a single goal: help you find the right path towards personal and career development. Explore articles, videos, guides, and real student experiences, plus chat one-on-one with an Advisor or schedule an opportunity to meet faculty.
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