Certificate in Creativity Studies
The Certificate in Creativity Studies is designed to produce individuals who are equipped with fundamental creative problem solving competencies indicative of innovative leaders. The certificate is designed to provide knowledge of the major creativity theories, to enhance one’s latent creative strengths, to foster ability to apply creativity in the workplace, and to present methods for assessing creative strengths.
Who Should Choose Creativity Studies?
Prospective students with or without a bachelor's degree will benefit from this program. Students who already possess an undergraduate degree and want to increase their knowledge of creativity and innovation can round out their prior education and experience with this certificate. Students without a bachelor's degree may choose this certificate as a stand-alone credential or as a desirable achievement en route to their undergraduate degree.
In particular, evening or online students pursing a degree in Professional Studies or General Studies with a Minor in Business will find the certificate to be a fitting complement to their undergraduate studies, allowing them more flexibility in their future career options. Also, full-time day students pursuing a variety of majors such as architecture, business, communication, design arts, education, engineering, and English will find this certificate attractive.
Course Requirements
Certificate in Creativity Studies 18.0-19.0 cr.
Required Courses 12.0 cr.
CRTV 301 Foundations in Creativity 3.0
CRTV 302 Tools & Techniques to Enhance Creativity 3.0
CRTV 303 Creativity in the Workplace 3.0
PRST 450 Creative Leadership for Professionals 3.0
Electives (students select two of the following) 6.0-7.0 cr.
MGMT 260 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 4.0
PRST 212 Creative Studies in the WWW 3.0
PRST 330 Career and Professional Development 3.0
Course Descriptions
CRTV 301 Foundations in Creativity 3.0
This course provides a foundation in creativity including leading creativity theorists and their ideas, and introduction to creativity in many fields. Students will explore basic creative characteristics including originality, fluency, flexibility, elaboration, resistance to premature closure, and tolerance of ambiguity. Sets the foundation for acquiring tools and applying creativity.
CRTV 302 Tools & Techniques to Enhance Creativity 3.0
This hands-on course provides tools for enhancing creative strengths including role-play, simulation, brainstorming together with synectics, and creative problem solving. A second focus is the role of inspiration in how creativity, personal maturity, and spirituality inter-relate and how this interaction expands our repertoire of tools and techniques in creativity.
CRTV 303 Creativity in the Workplace 3.0
This course focuses on how creative ideas happen and how they become innovations to reveal a set of principles for infusing creativity into every aspect of an organization. Examples from a wide range of settings demonstrate how to build systemic creativity at the individual, team, and leadership levels.
PRST 450 Creative Leadership for Professionals 3.0
This course presents leadership as a collaborative focus for transforming change. Topics include the leadership crisis, differences between leadership and management, how leaders create and change culture, and ways in which leaders build creative, enduring organizations. In addition, the course is designed to help students develop their own leadership potential.
MGMT 260 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 4.0
The course focuses on entrepreneurship as a generic activity, including start-ups and corporate entrepreneurship. It explores the opportunities and challenges faced by individuals starting up new ventures and the probable paths of career development for the students pursuing entrepreneurship.
PRST 212 Creative Studies in the WWW 3.0
This course prepares professionals with an understanding of the process of developing creative, functional Web sites. Concentrating on the creative flow if the design process, the course uses Adobe Dreamweaver as the medium for development. Students should possess a basic level of computer proficiency before taking this course.
PRST 330 Career and Professional Development 3.0
This course explores the literature of careers including preparation, organizational entry, orientation, nontraditional careers, and early, mid, and later career issues. The course provides students with opportunities for assessment of interests and capabilities, initiation and implementation of a personal development plan (PDP), and feedback on personal and career development.
