Course titles and descriptions, with syllabi, past evaluations, and required texts.
NOTE: as of spring 2020, the schedule below is being rearranged as a result of program needs related to readjustments of the UMass Boston campus, and the recent move of the Critical and Creative Thinking program into the UMB College of Education and Human Development. Please contact cct@umb.edu to confirm scheduling for all courses.
Students can use this chart to plan their program of studies on the understanding that course offerings are subject to change. CCT's goal is to ensure that courses are offered at least once in a two-year cycle so that all students can get a chance to take any course they want to.
All courses can be taken synchronous online (using internet to bring all students into class sessions that meet on a weekly schedule) except when marked aol (for asynchronous online courses). Students can also attend fall and spring semester sessions in the classroom and summer classes marked +f2f (for also face-to-face).
The following courses can be taken twice for credit, as long as the theme is different: 611, 612, 645, 688, 692. If 692 is taken twice, the first time is an elective, the second time as the required pre-capstone course.
Courses can be taken in any order except required 692 must be completed before 694 can be taken and required 692 and 693 are best taken when students have taken many other courses.
| Semester Year |
Regular track Core(+) |
SICW track Core |
Electives (see also core courses for the other track) |
Research & Engagement (both tracks) |
| Fall, even years |
601 |
645 |
618, 655* |
692 |
| Fall, odd years |
601, 651 |
650 |
616 630 |
692 |
| Spring, odd years |
602 |
652 |
615, 653, 688 |
693, 694 |
| Spring, even years |
602, 603 (=Phil 501) |
649 |
670, 688 |
693, 694 |
| Summer even |
611 (Design), 612 (Creative Blocks)(aol), 627 |
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| Summer odd |
612 (Creative Realization of Ideas), 618+f2f, 619 (aol) |