Many people support your learning journey, starting with you

• Take charge of your learning — Create your own learning experience based on principles of adult learning theory: self-direction, learning goals, relevance to life experience and practical application
  
• Learning in community — A dynamic, interactive and collaborative interplay of student and faculty perspectives. Three faculty advisors participate in all sessions as co-learners with you
  
• Prominent visiting presenters — Engage with leading thinkers and practitioners connected to the field of organizational change
  
• Design teams — A portion of the curriculum is designed and delivered by student-led design teams. Each year you will select a design team topic for in-depth study. These teams, mentored by a faculty advisor, offer real-time learning in design and group dynamics
  
• Collaborative learning groups — During each weekend session 11 students and their faculty advisor meet to support each other's learning
  
• Degree committees — You will create your own degree committee to help support, clarify and challenge your learning. The committee consists of your faculty advisor, a peer advisor from the cohort and field advisors from the external community
  
• Theory paper and consultation project — During the summer quarter, you will research a theory base related to your individual program goals. During the second year of the program, you will engage in a consultation project as a way to demonstrate your ability to move theory into practice in an organizational setting

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