Overview of Program
A complex and fast changing world demands new and creative approaches in a wide variety of professional areas including counseling, business, coaching, education, government, health, and social transformation. Understanding the dynamics of creativity can enhance professional growth and personal well-being. There is a vital role for creativity, innovation and leadership in making the most of our self-awareness and furthering our human potential. The Creativity, Innovation, and Leadership Certificate is designed to understand the history, research, and to apply creativity, innovation, and Leadership to the student's professional field of study. The Creativity, Innovation, and Leadership Certificate will give students a broad understanding of creativity, innovation, and leadership research and allow students and non-degree individuals to pursue specific areas of interest.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the Certificate, students will be able to…
- Delineate their own conceptions about creativity, innovation, and leadership based on literature and their own lived experiences.
- Discuss their individual creative process and factors that have stimulated or inhibited their creativity in the past.
- Discuss potential factors (e.g., personal, social, transpersonal) that might encourage or discourage creativity.
- Give examples of biological, psychological, and social factors that play a role in what society calls “creatives,” and how creative one can be.
- Explain differences between creativity, innovation, and leadership in their everyday lives and eminent creativity.
- Describe whether creativity, innovation, or leadership has a distinctly different quality in different domains of activity (e.g., arts vs. sciences).
- Demonstrate knowledge of ways in which questions of interest on creativity, innovation and leadership have been researched, including through qualitative and quantitative methods.
- Explain several ways in which students might enhance creativity, innovation and leadership skills in their own particular area of interest at both the individual and societal level.
- Teach basic information about creativity as creative or thought leaders to individuals or groups.
- Conduct a theoretical exploration of a particular area of creativity, innovation, and leadership, and defend one’s approach and conclusions.
- Know how to create a peer group for sharing, support, or engaging in group creative activities.
- Design, implement, and evaluate an application of what has been learned in a particular area.
- Discover new and unexpected things about the nature of creativity, innovation, and leadership and about oneself.
- Take a creative risk and have some fun!
Career Opportunities
Graduates will provide thoughtful, human-centered leadership that integrates creativity, innovation, and psychological insight to positively influence systems and communities.
Admissions Requirements
Admissions Requirements
Applicants for the non-degree Creativity, Innocation, and Leadership Certificate must submit the following documents:
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The Department chair may require a writing sample if applicants submit a personal statement that contains any grammatical mistakes, spelling errors, or poorly organized text.
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Certificate students must provide official transcripts showing completion of an undergraduate or graduate level science course in the past 10 years.
University Learning Experience
Virtual Learning Experience (VLE) - Required, Fall semesters; Community Learning Experience (CLE) - Optional
All new students begin their studies with a Welcome Week. Welcome Week activities, including a certificate program orientation, are held online during the week ahead of the start of the fall and spring semesters. Participation is strongly encouraged.
Starting with the fall 2022-2023 academic year, all psychology students will be required to attend only the five-day fall semester Virtual Learning Experience (VLE) each academic year. Our VLEs are an important part of your learning experience as they nurture intellectual and relational creativity, enrich the educational environment, and foster faculty and peer interactions. During the VLEs, there are courses being launched, workshops, independent learning activities, peer learning opportunities, community events, and other hands-on experiences intended to nurture professional development, skill building, relationships, and transformative change.
Credits/Hours
Students should expect to spend approximately 40 hours per every 1 credit hour, or 120 hours of schoolwork for each 3-credit course, engaged in schoolwork (e.g., reading, watching videos, completing assignments, and more). Therefore, students should anticipate spending approximately 8 hours per week on schoolwork for each 15-week course. The actual time needed will vary by course, by week, and by student.
Length of Program
The average time to complete the 12-credit CIL certificate requirements can be completed within two to four semesters. The timing depends on the number of courses taken and course offerings.
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