Creativity and Innovation MinorQuestioning the Answers
and Finding Innovative Solutions

This course is an examination of the forms and structures of various literary, visual and musical texts. Students will develop a charitable hermeneutic enabling them to discover and understand the worldviews embodied in various cultural artifacts and leading them to responsible cultural and civic engagement.

Students will unleash their creative potential to enrich their life and the world as they examine the creative processes, the lifestyles of creative people, the environments and methods of innovative organizations and the tools of problem-solving techniques.

A course outlining the six essential human abilities needed to survive in the Conceptual Age: Design, Storytelling, Systems Thinking, Empathy, Play and Meaning.

An examination of the latest Creative Problem Solving Techniques (CPS), Design Thinking Tools (DT) and Human Centered Design (HCD). Students will learn to use, lead others and analyze CPS, DT and HCD effectiveness in real-world situations. Emphasis will be placed on how innovative thought can be applied to their specific major and personal endeavors.

This course examines the psychology and neuroscience behind creativity and the sociological research on situations, contexts and networks of creative activity.

This course is the culminating course of creativity content which is designed to help students integrate creative theory with their talents, career and personal endeavors. Students will be required to complete a research paper based on current theories and present it both verbally and in writing.