About the Program

The objective of the certificate program in CCT is to allow students involved in a wide array of professions and endeavors to develop the clarity and confidence to make deep changes in their learning, teaching, work, activism, research, and artistry. They achieve this through an explicit and sustained focus on learning and applying ideas and tools in critical thinking, creative thinking, and reflective practice. The experience gained through the pursuit of the graduate certificate in CCT leads students to discover new ways to approach their current fields, establish interdisciplinary connections between existing and emerging interests, and bring new, more flexible thinking into their professional and personal lives and organizations. A study of critical and creative thinking leads to new perspectives and more flexible thinking in one’s field of expertise; the graduate certificate provides an edge to students as they come to understand their previous knowledge in novel ways as well as explore innovations and new directions.