Graduate Minor in Creative Interdisciplinary Research - Information Session
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
You’re invited to an information session on a new graduate minor in Creative Interdisciplinary Research.
Being successful in graduate school, and even more so after graduate school, requires creativity to solve challenging problems, typically while working in a team with people of very different backgrounds. “How to be creative” and “how to work in teams with others outside your area” are skills that are often learned incidentally over time, whereas specific training in the best tools for being effective in these areas provides a rare opportunity to jump ahead.
The graduate minor in Creative Interdisciplinary Research is specifically designed for students to learn how to apply effective creativity techniques to address real problems in an interdisciplinary team setting.
The minor is composed of four courses: Two new courses entitled “Interdisciplinary Team Research: Principles and Practice” and “Enhancing the Creativity of a Major Research Idea”, and two courses from a list of electives that demonstrate creativity and teamwork drawn from across all of Drexel’s colleges and schools.
The new courses are taught by faculty from across Drexel (Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Education, Business) who are experts in applying creative techniques and effective teamwork.
Interdisciplinary teams will work on term-long projects while being coached in best practices for forming and working in teams.
The information sessions will be held in the conference room of the Graduate College in Main 301 on the following dates. Refreshments will be provided.
Tuesday, July 11 at 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 20 at 5:00 p.m.
Please bring your questions to an information session. If you have questions and cannot attend, please send them to Professor Paul Gondek, or Professor Fraser Fleming (fff27@drexel.edu).
The minor and courses are open to students from all colleges who wish to enhance their work, and be better prepared for their future.
We look forward to meeting you at an information session!
Fraser Fleming, PhD, Professor and Department Head, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Paul Gondek, PhD, Adjunct Professor, LeBow College of Business, Visiting Research Professor, Chemistry Department, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact Information
Graduate College
fff27@drexel.edu