Curriculum

The Graduate Certificate in Creativity Studies requires the completion of 6 core courses (18-credits).

Required Graduate Courses (18 credits)
CRTV 501	Foundations in Creativity	3.00 credits
CRTV 502	Tools & Techniques in Creativity	3.00 credits
CRTV 503	Creativity in the Workplace	3.00 credits
CRTV 610	Creativity & Change Leadership	3.00 credits
CRTV 620	Research & Assess Creativity	3.00 credits
CRTV 630	Global Perspectives on Creativity	3.00 credits

Course Descriptions

CRTV 501 Foundations in Creativity - 3.00 credits

Provides a foundation in creativity including leading theorists and their ideas. Questions investigated include who is creative and why? What does it mean to be creative? Is creativity a general attribute or is it discipline specific? Students will complete and score a creativity assessment.

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CRTV 502 Tools & Techniques in Creativity - 3.00 credits

Provides opportunities to enhance creative capacities and strengths. Through study and experiential learning, students work toward self-mastery of creative techniques, tools and strategies. Moreover, through a fieldwork experience, students learn to teach and motivate other individuals or groups to use these techniques in real life circumstances for their benefit.

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CRTV 503 Creativity in the Workplace - 3.00 credits

This course focuses on applied creativity, how creative ideas happen, how they become innovations, and how creativity can be infused into every aspect of an organization. Examples from a wide range of industries and organizations demonstrate how to build systemic creativity in individuals, in teams, and at the leadership level.

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CRTV 610 Creativity & Change Leadership - 3.00 credits

This course explores the relationship between change, leadership, and creativity, and how these three concepts mutually support one another. Distinction is made between a leader who is effective at introducing change, but who is not creative.

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CRTV 620 Research & Assess Creativity - 3.00 credits

This course acquaints students with creativity research and applications. The goal is to help students employ creative problem solving to successfully complete their course of study in the context of other responsibilities and the program's standards and requirements. Using creativity as a vehicle, students will study various research paradigms.

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CRTV 630 Global Perspectives on Creativity - 3.00 credits

The goal of this course is to explore theories, research, assessment, and programs for the development of creativity in a wide variety of countries around the world. Motives for the lack of global creativity research are suggested.

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