Creative Thinking at Work
This 15 credit graduate certificate in Critical and Creative Thinking trains people to tackle challenging real-life problems, generate new ideas, and take them through to realization in their various educational, professional, artistic, and social settings. Innovative and inspiring teachers introduce a variety of approaches to invention, dialogue, listening, and teamwork that promote creativity. Certificate students learn to confront ambiguous and complex problems, reflect deeply and bring insights to the surface, transform the giving of feedback into a mutual learning experience, build relationships of trust and enthusiastic acceptance of diverse perspectives, articulate a practical vision, and collaborate in bringing it to fruition.
CCT Certificate students take CrCrTh 601 and CrCrTh 602, three other courses, and complete an exit performance as part of one of the courses taken.
CCT Masters students, graduate students from other programs, advanced undergraduates, and special students are welcome to enroll in individual courses. (CCT Masters students need permission of their advisors to take on-line sections and may count no more than five on-line courses from UMass Boston towards their degree.)
This certificate is offered through a partnership between the Graduate Program in Critical & Creative Thinking and Continuing Education.
Courses
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For timing and frequency of course offerings, see upcoming semesters' schedules and provisional longer-term plan.
F2F = face-to-face sections; OL = online sections; F2FD = distance ed option to join in face-to-face sections
Required courses
CrCrTh 601 Critical Thinking, F2F, OLCrCrTh 602 Creative Thinking, F2F, OL
Electives
CrCrTh 611 Seminar in Critical Thinking (Problem-based learning focus)CrCrTh 612 Seminar in Creativity (focus varies), F2F, OL
CrCrTh 616 Dialogue Processes, F2F, OL
CrCrTh 618 Creative Thinking, Collaboration and Organizational Change, F2F, OL
CrCrTh 630 Creativity in the Literature and Arts, F2F
Additional courses in which to undertake exit performance
CrCrTh 692 Processes of Research and Engagement, F2F, F2FDCrCrTh 693 Action Research for Educational, Professional and Personal Change, F2F, F2FD
For more information, please contact the Program Office, email cct@umb.edu, or view the CCT Program handbook.