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Innovation Certificate

Innovation is an essential skill for identifying and solving problems in many fields. The Innovation Certificate creates an explicit opportunity for students to participate in the activities of innovation through coursework in design, entrepreneurship, prototyping, content creation, leadership, and creativity.

The Innovation Certificate is an interdisciplinary 12-credit certificate, which is itself flexible and innovative by design. This certificate has two parts: a customizable set of six 1-credit elective courses selected by a student to suit their individual interests, and the two capstone courses CIE 401: Creative Collaboration and CIE 402: Digital Portfolio.

Students will learn to isolate and communicate desired goals, forge networks across disciplines, share their individual skillsets, and operate collaboratively within an innovative ecosystem. The Innovation Certificate will uniquely combine focused training in contemporary applied fields as integrated and intertwined with broad liberal arts, entrepreneurial, and design skills.

Post-secondary Certificate - Innovation

Degree Specific Credits: 12

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2020-21

Summary

Required Courses

6

Elective Courses

6

Total Hours

12


Required Courses

Code

Title

Hours

Complete all of the following courses:

CIE 401

Creative Collaboration

3

CIE 402

Digital Portfolio

3

Total Hours

6

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Elective Courses

Code

Hours

Complete six 1-credit Special Topics (x91) or Workshops (x94) courses pre-approved for inclusion in the Innovation Certificate, and offered through participating colleges and programs.

6

Total Hours

6

Minimum Required Grade: C-