HUMAN 152 - Exploring Creativity
Credit Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENGL 090 and RDG 090 or qualifying scores on accepted placement tests
MTA Humanities/Fine Arts Satisifer Y
Session Cycle: FW
This class will examine, in detail, the creative process and the factors that surround it. Beginning with the trinity of creation–the person, the process and the product–the course will explore those characteristics of creative people that enhance creativity and also those elements that inhibit it. The class will be based on the experiences of those who are productive creators. We will note their thinking and feeling habits, examine their products, discover their processes and understand how creativity is part of everyone. Creative and lateral thinking processes will also be explored. A creativity project will be presented to the class by each student.
Notes: Humanities/Social Sciences Division
Theory Hours: 45
Learning Outcomes:
1. Each student will be expected to Identify/Recognize the seven stages of the creative process.
Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency Objective C.
2. Each student will be expected to Identify/Recognize the characteristics of the creative personality.
Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency Objectives A and C.
3. Each student will be expected to Identify/Recognize the role of the trinity of creativity in the creative process.
Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency Objective C.
4. Each student will be expected to Identify/Recognize the role of the brain and have an understanding of how it functions in the creative process.
Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency Objective C.
5. Each student will be expected to Demonstrate/Practice a tolerance of ambiguity through successful completion of a number of class projects.
Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency Objectives C and D.
6. Each student will be expected to Demonstrate/Practice the use of divergent to convergent thinking through successful completion of a number of class projects.
Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency Objectives C and D.
7. Each student will be expected to Demonstrate/Practice his or her understanding of the creative process through a final capstone creative project of his or her choice.
Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency Objectives A, C, and D.
8. Each student will be expected to Believe/Feel/Think or gain an understanding and appreciation of the complexities of the creative process.
Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency Objectives A, B, and C.
9. Each student will be expected to Believe/Feel/Think or gain insight into his or her own life and attitudes in regard to what is required to become a more creative person.
Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency Objectives A and B.
10. Each student will be expected to Believe/Feel/Think or gain confidence in his or her own creative abilities.
Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency Objectives B and C.
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