Science in a Changing World
This 15 credit graduate certificate in Critical and Creative Thinking is designed for educators and other concerned citizens who want to explore the relationships among new developments in scientific knowledge, in education, and in society. Innovative and inspiring instructors arrange course material, classroom activities, and teaching/learning interactions that provide students an opportunity to learn about science in its social context, to gain a set of models for their own educational or activist work, and to discuss practices and philosophies of education and social change.
CCT Certificate students take CrCrTh 601 and CrCrTh 602, three other courses, and complete an exit performance as part of one of the courses taken.
CCT Masters students, graduate students from other programs, advanced undergraduates, and special students are welcome to enroll in individual courses. See description of CCT M.A. degree with a "Science in a Changing World" emphasis.
This certificate is offered in partnership with Continuing Education.
Courses
For timing and frequency of course offerings, see upcoming semesters' schedules and provisional longer-term plan.
F2F = face-to-face sections; OL = online sections; F2FD = distance ed option to join in face-to-face sections
Required courses
CrCrTh 601 Critical Thinking, F2F, OL
CrCrTh 602 Creative Thinking, F2F, OL
Electives
CrCrTh 611 Seminar in Critical Thinking (Problem-based learning focus), F2F
CrCrTh 619 Biomedical Ethics, F2F
CrCrTh 640 Environment, Science, and Society, F2F, F2FD
CrCrTh 645 Biology in Society, F2F, F2FD
CrCrTh 649 Scientific and Political Change(formerly: Science, Technology and Public Policy) (crosslisted as PPol 749), F2F, F2FD
CrCrTh 652 Children and Science, F2F
PPol 753 Epidemiological Thinking & Population Health, F2F, F2FD
WoSt 597 Gender, Race, and the Complexities of Science and Technology, F2F, F2FD
(see listing of related courses from other graduate programs)
Additional courses in which to undertake exit performance
CrCrTh 692 Processes of Research and Engagement, F2F, F2FD
CrCrTh 693 Action Research for Educational, Professional and Personal Change, F2F, F2FD
For more information, please contact the Program Office, email cct@umb.edu, or view the CCT Program handbook.