Undergraduate Courses
CRS/UNC/BUS 201
FOUNDATIONS OF LEADERSHIP
3, 3/0
History of leadership and leadership as an ongoing process of challenge, growth, and development. Students learn the foundational concepts of leadership, assess their own leadership styles, and discuss issues relevant to leadership. Provides opportunities for personal awareness and promotes effective leadership skills development. Includes opportunities for the practice of leadership skills in campus and community organizations.
CRS 205
INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE STUDIES
3, 3/0
Recognition and nurturing of creative potential. Focus on the creative person, the creative process, the creative product, and the creative environment. Further emphasis on the interactive nature of these elements and individual application in personal and professional settings.
CRS 302
CREATIVE APPROACHES TO PROBLEM SOLVING
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: CRS 205, CWP 101, CWP 101.
Creative problem-solving methods and techniques. Emphasis on the application of creative problem solving to challenges, goals, and opportunities students face in their personal and professional lives.
CRS 303
CREATIVE LEADERSHIP THROUGH EFFECTIVE FACILITATION
3, 3/0
Learn and practice creativity concepts as they relate to leadership; examination of leadership theory, individual leadership styles and specific methods and techniques to apply concepts and skills to practice.
CRS 304
DEVELOPING CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING FACILITATION SKILLS
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: CRS 205, CRS 302.
Develop and apply facilitation and leadership skills in a variety of settings. Participate in supervised practice using creative problem-solving techniques with groups and individuals.
CRS 305
SEMINAR: METAPHORICAL PROBLEM SOLVING
1, 1/0
Prerequisites: CRS 205, CRS 302, permission of instructor.
Topics of current interest related to theories, methods, and models of metaphorical problem solving, with a particular emphasis on synectics.
CRS 306
SEMINAR: CRITICAL AND ANALYTIC PROBLEM SOLVING
1, 1/0
Prerequisites: CRS 205, CRS 302, permission of instructor.
Topics of current interest related to methods, techniques, and models of problem solving, with particular emphasis on creative analysis and Kepner-Tregoe approaches.
CRS 320
APPLICATIONS OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: CRS 205.
Exploration of creative processes within a creative environment that produce novel and useful products. The nature of creative people; examination of personal experience in the application of creativity in the arts, science, education, and business. Personal creative ability developed through class activities, readings, and interaction.
CRS 389
TOPICS IN CREATIVE STUDIES: APPLYING INTERDISCIPLINARY PRINCIPLES
3, 0/0
This interdisciplinary course examines major principles of creativity and their applications to everyday life: personal, social, professional, avocational. Explores the nature of creative persons and those factors that encourage or inhibit creative expression. Examines research for its various implications and applications. Guest speakers from a variety of disciplines examine creativity from their diverse viewpoints. Participation in the creative process in a variety of ways.
CRS/UNC/BUS 435
EXPERIENCES IN LEADERSHIP
3, 3/0
Capstone experience designed to synthesize prior coursework and serve as a transition to professional leadership opportunities. Students employ knowledge and skills gained from prior courses in the minor program. To enable students to develop an understanding of leadership in applied contexts, they interact with and learn from successful leaders in the Western New York region. Students articulate a vision of themselves as future leaders in their respective professions and communities.