Woods College of Advancing Studies, Boston College

This course is meant to help us expand our creative toolkit for engaging with an increasingly uncertain and complex world. We’ll explore methods to think creatively with others, practices to fostering individual creativity, and ways to expand our thinking beyond just the brain with technologies, other people, and our bodies.

We will take a “reflection-in-action” approach that’s typical of design and the arts: try things, reflect on what happens, repeat.

This will give us opportunities not just to learn about design thinking and creativity, but also to design our thinking and learn about ourselves. This will mean intentionally reflecting on how our minds work and assembling the resources, methods, and practices that will best support creativity and learning in our lives.