A Shared Multi-Disciplinary Creativity Requirement for First Year Students

Authors

  • Marilyn Plotkins Suffolk University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5204/ssj.v9i2.423

Keywords:

Creativity, Curriculum Reform, Innovation, First Year Experience, Multi-Disciplinary, Discipline General, discipline specific

Abstract

Even though interest in embedding creativity into tertiary curricula has grown internationally, little scholarship exists about implementation strategies or the efficacy of linking creativity pedagogies to first-year experience programs. This practice report describes how Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts, inserted a new creativity requirement for first-year students as a part of curriculum reform in the College of Arts and Sciences and in the Sawyer Business School in spite of considerable resistance.  It will demonstrate the uniqueness of the approach and suggest anticipated outcomes in advance of a comprehensive assessment process now underway.

 

 

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Published

2018-03-26

How to Cite

Plotkins, M. (2018). A Shared Multi-Disciplinary Creativity Requirement for First Year Students. Student Success, 9(2), 95–100. https://doi.org/10.5204/ssj.v9i2.423

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2018): Volume 9, Issue 2, 2018

Section

Practice Reports

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