Program Goals

The overarching goals of the Master of Arts in Experiential Health and Healing program are:

• Examine the integration of conventional (allopathic) and complementary (non-allopathic) medical approaches in the effort to expand the nature and scope of a comprehensive healthcare system;

• Empower Colleagues to perceive themselves as agents for social, cultural and personal change;

• Investigate, analyze and synthesize current and emerging practices in integrative medicine;

• Develop competency in research skills requisite for investigating the efficacy and application of integrative medical approaches;

• Create and provide experiential learning opportunities that afford Colleagues’ first-hand opportunities for developing expertise in the field of integrative medicine;

• Facilitate the design of mentorships and research projects that investigate the efficacy of state-of-the-art holistic approaches to optimal health and well-being;

• Create learning experiences that provide opportunities for Colleagues to adapt academic content to professional praxis; and

• Investigate pathways to optimal health and well-being.