Innovation Certificate
Innovation is an essential skill for identifying and solving problems in many fields. The Innovation Certificate creates an explicit opportunity for students to participate in the activities of innovation through coursework in design, entrepreneurship, prototyping, content creation, leadership, and creativity.
The Innovation Certificate is an interdisciplinary 12-credit certificate, which is itself flexible and innovative by design. This certificate has two parts: a customizable set of six 1-credit elective courses selected by a student to suit their individual interests, and the two capstone courses CIE 401: Creative Collaboration and CIE 402: Digital Portfolio.
Students will learn to isolate and communicate desired goals, forge networks across disciplines, share their individual skillsets, and operate collaboratively within an innovative ecosystem. The Innovation Certificate will uniquely combine focused training in contemporary applied fields as integrated and intertwined with broad liberal arts, entrepreneurial, and design skills.
General Certificate Requirements
Additional requirements for graduation can be found on the Degree/Certificate Requirements for Graduation page.
Unless otherwise noted in individual program requirements, a minimum grade point average of 2.00 in all work attempted at the University of Montana-Missoula is required for graduation. Please see the Academic Policies and Procedures page for information on how your GPA is calculated.
Courses taken to satisfy the requirements of a major, minor, or certificate program must be completed with a grade of C- or better unless a higher grade is noted in the program requirements.
POST-SECONDARY CERTIFICATE - INNOVATION
Course Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| Complete all of the following courses: | ||
| CIE 401 | Creative Collaboration | 3 |
| CIE 402 | Digital Portfolio | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Complete six 1-credit Special Topics (x91) or Workshops (x94) courses pre-approved for inclusion in the Innovation Certificate, and offered through participating colleges and programs. | 6 | |
| Total Hours | 12 | |