Bachelor of Science

By joining our global community and enrolling in one of our Bachelor’s programs you will have taken a significant step toward clarifying and fulfilling your personal vision while creating a regenerative livelihood.

These degree programs are especially suited for young adults seeking to transition away from the conventional learning approaches found in traditional education toward a liberating educational model. We encourage you to become a discerning, self-foraging, action-oriented learner and un-learner capable of self-direction.

The Integrative Ecosocial Design (IESD) pathway provides a broad professional foundation for your subsequent career and life-long learning choices. By enrolling in the IESD program you learn and practice conscious design skills to generate a deeper understanding of ecological systems, further developed through hands-on engagement in self-directed and designed projects. You learn and unlearn from wherever you are, at your own pace.

With this blend of theory and practice, you acquire earth-based skills in areas such as soil building, gardening, food storage and processing as well as people skills in time and project management, facilitation, documentation, and digital literacy. You complete your bachelor’s degree with both hard and soft skills, ready to set up your own project or business, join another leading-edge project or continue with a Masters degree. Your combination of practical competence; ability to complete the work you take on; capacity for emotional intelligence; and a reflective, purposeful attitude toward learning are key skills needed for taking leadership in the new economy.

Our Regenerative Enterprise pathway puts particular emphasis on supporting you in the creation of your own regenerative livelihood, earning your living doing what you love. There will be particular support for developing a business structure, fund-raising, seeking investment, and making use of the many opportunities available for doing business using the 8 Forms of Capital, a theory developed by Gaia U graduates Ethan Roland Soloviev and Gregory Landua.

With our Open Topic pathway, you are free to allow your areas of interest to emerging organically, proposing the topic of your degree in your last year based on the interests and experiences that have been most significant for you on your pathway.

Gaia U Bachelor’s programs are 3 years (per the UK-based system upon which Gaia U BSc programs are modeled) with an optional extra year for those wishing to extend their program time.