Graduate Certificate in Critical and Creative Thinking

The objective of the fifteen-credit certificate program is to provide a coherent and substantial course of study resulting in an understanding of the skills needed in teaching, training, or designing curriculum for critical and creative thinking and an enhanced ability to use and communicate these skills in professional practice. Students seeking the certificate take a total of five courses: a sequence of two foundation courses, Critical Thinking and Creative Thinking; and three other CCT courses. Customarily, these include either Foundations of Philosophical Thought or Advanced Cognitive Psychology, an elective course, and Practicum: Processes of Research and Engagement. Alternatively, students may, after consultation with their faculty advisor and with the approval of the Program Director, take up to three electives in one specialty area. Students entering the certificate program must meet the same admissions criteria as students entering the Master's program, except their statement of intent can be shorter and one fewer letter of recommendation will be acceptable.

Certificate with Special Themes

For each of the following variants of the CCT Certificate students take CrCrTh 601 and CrCrTh 602, three other courses, and complete an exit performance, which is automatically included in CrCrTh 698 if this course is taken. Instructors of electives will waive the prerequisites of CrCrTh 601 and/or CrCrTh 602 when necessary for students to complete the certificate in the space of a year. For more information, please contact the Program Office, tel 617 287-6520 or email cct@umb.edu.

Science, Education, and Society
Dialogue and Collaboration in Organizational Change
Creative Thinking at Work (in development)

Updated: 5-09-02