Saybrook University is a progressive graduate school that combines online learning with low-residency study. Saybrook is comprised of two colleges in Social Sciences and Integrative Medicine & Health Sciences, with offer master’s degrees and PhDs in eight areas of study such as Transformative Social Change and Integrative & Functional Nutrition. While most coursework at Saybrook centers around an interactive online community, every semester begins with a five day residential conference in central California where students are introduced to one another and start their classwork in person.