Graduate Minor in Interdisciplinary Team-Oriented Creativity
About the Graduate Minor
The graduate minor in Interdisciplinary Team-Oriented Creativity aims to train graduate students to be creative, innovative problem solvers through evidence-based pedagogies with demonstrated effectiveness in interdisciplinary team-based research. The heart of the graduate minor lies in two core courses and two electives, at least one of which must be outside a student's home department. The two courses, AS-I 501 Creative Interdisciplinary Team Research: Principles and Practice (Course I) and AS-I 502 Enhancing the Creativity of a Research Project (Course II), ground students in evidence-based creativity while providing an opportunity to practice interdisciplinary teamwork. The graduate minor in Interdisciplinary Team-Oriented Creativity can be tailored to any discipline.
Admission Requirements
Student must be a matriculated graduate student.
Program Requirements
| AS-I 501 | Creative Interdisciplinary Team Research: Principles and Practice | 3.0 |
| AS-I 502 | Enhancing the Creativity of a Research Project | 3.0 |
| Select two of the following electives: | 6.0 | |
| Creative Enterprise and Innovation | ||
| Management Techniques in Arts and Cultural Organizations | ||
| Revenue Development in Arts and Cultural Orgs. | ||
| Legal Issues in New Ventures | ||
| Measuring and Maximizing Financial Performance | ||
| Community-Based Design | ||
| Incorporating Sustainability Principles in Design | ||
| Communication Theory II: Discourse and Semiotics | ||
| Communication Network Analysis | ||
| Risk Management in Construction | ||
| Science Writing | ||
| Grant Writing | ||
| Nonprofit Communication | ||
| Foundations in Creativity | ||
| Tools and Techniques in Creativity | ||
| Creativity in the Workplace | ||
| Creativity and Change Leadership | ||
| Research Methods and Assessment of Creative and Innovative Thinking | ||
| Global Perspectives on Creativity | ||
| Current Trends in Creativity & Innovation | ||
| Diagnostic Creative Intervention | ||
| Design Problem Solving | ||
| Technologies of Making | ||
| Translational Design Research | ||
| Entrepreneurship Practice & Mindset | ||
| Learning from Failure | ||
| Innovation & Ideation | ||
| Building Internal & External Relationships | ||
| Innovation in Established Companies | ||
| Early Stage Venture Funding | ||
| The Art of Being a Scientist | ||
| Strategic Human Resource Management | ||
| Knowledge Management | ||
| New Product Planning, Strategy, and Development | ||
| Introduction to Peacebuilding for Engineers | ||
| Conflict Management for Engineers | ||
| Collaborative Laboratory I | ||
| Introduction to Science, Technology and Society | ||
| Research Methods | ||
| Science, Technology & Society Theories | ||
| Special Topics in STS Lab | ||
| Mobilities Lab | ||
| Identity and Intersectionality Lab | ||
| Philadelphia in a Changing Climate Lab | ||
| Systems Engineering Management | ||
| Total Credits | 12.0 | |
