INTRODUCING:
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING

The certificates program in critical and creative thinking may be just what you are looking for.

The Certificate program in Critical and Creative thinking requires just five Courses specifically designed to provide students with a cohesive understanding of the issues involved in teaching for Critical and Creative Thinking.

Students come from a variety of backgrounds. They include: teachers, teacher trainers, curriculum specialists, school administrators, and educators in government and industrial settings.

All classes are offered evenings from 4:00-7:00 PM or during the three-week Critical and Creative Thinking Summer Institute at the University of Massachusetts/Harbor Campus. Ample parking is available.

Entrance Requirements: Students will be admitted by the same minimum standards that now exist for Master' 8 students, i.e. a Bachelor's Degree with a GPA of at least 3.0 or a recognized Master's degree. For students who have a lower GPA, but have been away from school for many years and have a record of accomplishment, provisional acceptance (pending passing grades in CCT 601 and CCT 602) is possible.

For more information contact: Dr. John Murray, Director, critical and Creative Thinking Program, University of Massachusetts/Harbor Campus, Boston, MA 02125, 617/287-6520.

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

I. To attain a CERTIFICATE IN CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING, a student must complete 5 courses with no grade less than B.- and a B or higher overall average

II. All students must complete the following courses

1. CCT 601 CRITICAL THINKING
2. CCT 602 CREATIVE THINKING
3. PHIL 601 FOUNDATIONS OF PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT or PSYCH 650 Advanced Cognitive Psychology
4. CCT 698 PRACTICUM I: Educational Intervention
5. An ELECTIVES course offered by the Critical and Creative Thinking Program

The elective course may be taken in any of the Program's three areas of specialization

Moral Issues and Moral Education
Criticism and Creativity in Literature and the Arts
Critical and Creative Thinking in Mathematics, Science, and Technology

III. All students Must prevent a final project in the Practicum in both written and oral formats to their Certificate Committee " Thus, the Practicum should be taken at the end of a student's course of study The Student's certificate committee will consist of the Practicum Instructor and two other faculty Members

IV. The Director of the Critical and creative Thinking Program may approve transfer credit for one graduate course from outside the program