About the Program
This Applied Creative Thinking and Problem Solving microcredential provides critically important management skills for leaders across industries. Business, educational, and governmental leaders have identified creativity and complex problem solving as crucial twenty-first-century skills.
A World Leader in Creativity
Leveraging 50 years as a world leader in teaching applied creative-thinking skills, this microcredential provides you with the cognitive and affective skills proven to enhance your professional and personal success. You will develop skills in diagnosing problems and using contextual and tactical thinking strategies. Your decision making will be elevated, and you will master techniques that result in creative, visionary solutions to complex problems.
Your Next Steps
Work in small groups will teach you strategies for sharing the techniques you have learned with your team. Successful completion of this microcredential prepares you for continued study at the graduate level, and provides existing business and organizational leaders with the specialized skills needed to advance organizational goals and solve critical challenges. This microcredential can also be appropriate for middle managers seeking to move into executive leadership roles.
Admissions Requirements
To learn more, visit Buffalo State Microcredential Offerings.
About the Creativity and Change Leadership Department
244 Chase Hall
1300 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14222
Phone: (716) 878-6223
Fax:
https://creativity.buffalostate.edu/
Program Requirements
Required Courses
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
CRS559 PRINCIPLES IN CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING | 3 - Credit Hours
CRS610 FACILITATION OF GROUP PROBLEM SOLVING | 3 - Credit Hours
OR CRS614 ADVANCED COGNITIVE TOOLS FOR CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING | 3 - Credit Hours
6 Total Credit Hours
