The Certificate in Innovation provides students the opportunity to develop the core skills in creative problem-solving, critical thinking, design thinking, and open-ended innovation to develop leaders in the area of organizational execution. It also helps develop leaders who embrace a more deeply integrated understanding of creative process as a whole self, whole body-mind endeavor. There is a need for innovation in business, government, education, and non-profit organizations to address both local and global challenges and employers value people who can lead change and help their organizations better adapt to shifting market conditions, world trends and human needs. This certificate responds to those variables and prepares students to see themselves as “innovators” for life as they engage with complexities and nuance in our lived experience, to productively and conscientiously contribute forward-thinking solutions to society.
Credit 1: J-term and Internship Co-Curricular Experience
CCUR 200 – Design-Thinking Innovation J-Term (0.5 credit)
Internship (0.5 credit). Students will complete a relevant internship(s) that builds on the development of problem-solving, creativity, brainstorming/ideation, and/or user research skills introduced in the J-term course. Internship(s), in coordination with the Career and Life Design Office, must be pre-approved by a certificate advisor.
Credit 2: Internship Experience
Students will complete a relevant internship(s) that continues the development of whole-self problem-solving, creativity, brainstorming/ideation, and/or user research skills. Students can complete two 0.50 units in internships or one 1.00 units in internships that satisfies the aforementioned skill development. Internship(s), in coordination with the Career and Life Design Office, must be pre-approved by a certificate advisor.
Credit 3: Academic Course
AHIS 258 – Design and Everyday Life
AHIS 364 – Architectural Drawing
AHIS 365 – Elements of Architectural Design
CPSC 103 – Concept to Prototype
CPSC 310 – Software Design
CPSC 352 – Artificial Intelligence
CPSC 360 – Deep Learning
ENGR 201 – Engineering Entrepreneurship
ENGR 210 – Mathematical Tools for Engineering Analysis and Design
THDN 140 – Improvisation as Composition
THDN 215 – Making Dances
THDN 225 – Interactive Media
THDN 271 – Examining and Reimagining Contemporary U.S. Arts Ecologies
THDN 235 – Voice
THDN 301 – Directing and Devising Performance
URST 218 – Chinese Global Cities
URST 260 – The City in African Studies
For more information, students should contact Professor Ewa Syta or Professor Peter Kyle.
