13 courses with the subject CRTY, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CRTY 801Creativity Immersion3
126.0 hours 800 level graduate course Creativity Immersion is an intensive two-week course focused on creative process, risk-taking and collaboration. Students will be immersed in a series of participatory artistic experiences, experimenting with new approaches to problem solving while drawing inspiration from the intuitive practices of the arts. By engaging with the artistic processes of creative writing, theatrical devising and design in public spaces, for example, students will cultivate a foundation of creative thinking to be applied within and beyond the arts. The course begins and ends with dissertation workshops where students will articulate their aims for interdisciplinary work and creative analysis as it relates to their dissertation topic. Additionally, the course includes a research methods seminar to consider the ways in which creative thinking may lead to innovative research. Open to Creativity, PhD students only. This course is not repeatable for credit. Pass/fail grading only.
202.5 hours 800 level graduate course This course centers on the independent work of the student as they frame their research project. Students will be guided by feedback from the program director, staff, fellow students, and the evolving dissertation committee as they formulate a more robust proposal including a clear introduction to the problem they plan to address, questions to fuel their research, literature to be reviewed, and consideration of the dissertation design. Prerequisites CRTY*801 Open to Creativity, PhD students only. This course is not repeatable for credit. Pass/fail grading only.
225.0 hours 800 level graduate course Students will be guided by their advisors to survey the existing literature related to their research. They will identify what is most important and read this literature carefully to gain a thorough understanding of what has been said about their topic by others. Prerequisites CRTY*801 and CRTY*821 Open to Creativity, PhD students only. This course is not repeatable for credit. Pass/fail grading only.
202.5 hours 800 level graduate course Students will be guided by their dissertation committee to integrate the literature review and research methods that frame their dissertation. Students will create a conceptual structure for their dissertation, now informed by a mastery of the literature and consideration of different research approaches. Prerequisites CRTY*822 Open to Creativity, PhD students only. This course is not repeatable for credit. Pass/fail grading only.
202.5 hours 800 level graduate course In this course the student will continue to critique the structure and methods of their own project. Students will gain a deeper understanding of research methods and their applications, modifying their project in response to new discoveries. Prerequisites CRTY*831 Open to Creativity, PhD students only. Pass/fail grading only.
45.0 hours 800 level graduate course This is an intensive course held in January of the first year. The course includes a writing seminar with UArts creative writing faculty, participatory artistic experiences, a presentation from a visiting instructor, and a dissertation workshop. The writing seminar will guide students in crafting and refining their writing voice for the dissertation, while the engagement with artistic processes will reinforce and build upon the creative-problem solving skills developed in the previous Creativity Immersion course. The course’s visiting expert will present and discuss with students a specialized research project with broad interdisciplinary implications, guiding students to explore the approach and methods as they may be applicable to the students’ own research interests. The course finishes with a dissertation workshop where students can reevaluate their approach to the dissertation using insights gained from the visiting instructor, writing seminar, artistic experiences, and the feedback of their cohort and program director. Prerequisites CRTY*822 Open to Creativity, PhD students only. This course is not repeatable for credit. Pass/fail grading only.
45.0 hours 800 level graduate course This is an intensive course held in June of the second year. This course will invite a visiting expert to discuss a successful paradigm for creative research and explore with students in what ways these methods may be applied to their projects. A writing seminar will be led by UArts creative writing faculty to continue helping students refine their writing voice, while participatory artistic experiences will reinforce the foundational creative work established in the Creativity Immersion course. A dissertation workshop will be conducted for faculty and the cohort to offer critique and evaluation of each students evolving dissertation progress. Prerequisites CRTY*835 Open to Creativity, PhD students only. This course is not repeatable for credit. Pass/fail grading only.
225.0 hours 800 level graduate course This course is a student’s first phase of data gathering for their project, guided by feedback from the student’s specialized team of advisors. Students are now familiar with existing research in their respective fields but since the course is interdisciplinary by nature (ie: students are working to expand the edges of their field by questioning normative limitations), Dissertation Research I serves as the beginning of the integration of new creative insights into the existing methodologies. It builds on the research from Dossertation Methods II, and expands it by applying a broader framework. Dissertation Research I begins to establish the architectural framework of the thesis. Prerequisites CRTY*832 Open to Creativity, PhD students only. This course is not repeatable for credit. Pass/fail grading only.
225.0 hours 800 level graduate course This course focuses on organizing and evaluating the preliminary research to enter a second phase of research for the dissertation. Students will be guided by feedback from their specialized team of advisors. Prerequisites CRTY*841 Open to Creativity, PhD students only. This course is not repeatable for credit. Pass/fail grading only.
225.0 hours 800 level graduate course This course is a student’s final phase of research on the dissertation topic, examining their previous work for gaps to be filled with further research. Students will be guided by feedback from their specialized team of advisors. Prerequisites CRTY*842 Open to Creativity, PhD students only. This course is not repeatable for credit. Pass/fail grading only.
225.0 hours 800 level graduate course Students will enter the first phase of writing their dissertation guided by feedback from their specialized team of advisors. Students will complete a revised introduction and opening chapters of their dissertation, moving from preliminary drafts to sophisticated, publishable work. Prerequisites CRTY*843 Open to Creativity, PhD students only. This course is not repeatable for credit. Pass/fail grading only.
225.0 hours 800 level graduate course Students will complete their dissertation writing guided by feedback from their specialized team of advisors. The completed work will address the project’s fundamental questions and offer an original contribution to knowledge on the chosen topic. Prerequisites CRTY*851 Open to Creativity, PhD students only. This course is not repeatable for credit. Pass/fail grading only.
1.0 hours 800 level graduate course Students will defend their dissertation to a committee through an oral examination. Open to Creativity, PhD students only. This course is not repeatable for credit. Pass/fail grading only.
