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

Required courses

CrCrTh 601 Critical Thinking, F2F, OL
CrCrTh 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, F2FD
CrCrTh 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.

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Last update 7 May 09