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Creativity and Innovation Focus Area Checksheet

Students pursuing the Honors Laureate: Creativity and Innovation focus area must complete at least thirty (30) honors credits across the Four Elements of an Honors Education following the guidelines below. Elements Two, Three, and Four each require at least six honors credits.

For more information, contact Dr. Bukvic, Director, Creativity + Innovation, Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ico@vt.edu).

Four Elements

1. HONORS COLLEGE CURRICULUM

This Element has no minimum credit requirement.

2. DISCIPLINARY DEPTH

Plan at least six credits in this Element using Honors Faculty-Student Agreements to supplement the material in the courses you choose from the options below.

  • ART 1114: Play to Make (3H, 3C)
  • ART 3405: Game Design and Creative Code (3H, 3C)
  • ENGE 2094: Create! Ideation for Innovation (3H, 3C)
  • STS 2254: Innovation in Context (3H, 3C)
  • MUS 3064: Digital Sound Manipulation (3H, 3C)

3. TRANSDISCIPLINARY CAPABILITIES

Plan at least six credits in this Element choosing from the courses listed below. You may take courses from any or all three of the course groups: Understand, Explore, Materialize.

There are no requirements for a minimum or maximum number of credits in any of these groups.

Courses taken in this element must be outside of a student’s primary major. Secondary major and in-minor courses, however, are permissible.

All courses chosen must utilize an Honors Faculty–Student Agreement to supplement the material in the chosen courses – except for MUS 4014H: Topics in Advanced Electroacoustic Research, which is already a departmental honors course.

Understand (Empathize/Define)

  • CINE 2054: Introduction to Cinema (3H, 3C)
  • COMM 1014: Introduction to Communications (3H, 3C)
  • COMM 2084: Media and Society (3H, 3C)
  • COMM 3274: Social Dimensions of Games, Simulations, and
    Virtual Environments (3H, 3C)
  • CS 3724: Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction (3H, 3C)
  • ITDS 1114: Design Appreciation (3H, 3C)
  • MUS 3314: Linux Laptop Orchestra (1H, 1C)
  • STS 1504: Intro to Science, Technology and Society (3H, 3C)
  • STS 2604: Introduction to Data in Social Context (3H, 3C)
  • STS 3284: Technology and Disability (3H, 3C)

Explore (Ideate/Prototype)

  • AHRM 2014: Design for Consumers Studio (3H, 3C)
  • ART 1004: Topics in Studio Art for NonMajors (3H, 3C)
  • ART 1234: Topics in Visual Communication Design for NonMajors (3H, 3C)
  • CS 1014: Introduction to Computational Thinking (3H, 3C)
  • CS 1064: Introduction to Programming in Python (3H, 3C)
  • ENGL 2744: Intro to Creative Writing (3H, 3C)
  • HUM 2204: The Creative Process (3H, 3C)
  • TA 2204: Creative Dance (3H, 3C)

Materialize (Test/Implement)

  • CS 3744: Intro to GUI Programming (3H, 3C)
  • MUS 4014H: Topics in Advanced Electroacoustic Research (3H, 3C)
  • SOC 2104: Quantitative Approaches to Community Research (3H, 3C)
  • TA 2404: Intro to Applied Collaborative Techniques (3H, 3C)
  • MKTG 3014: Marketing Management (3H, 3C)

4. UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH & GUIDED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

Plan at least six credits in this Element using the options below:

  • IDS/MGT/ENGE 4094: StartUp Class: Commercialization of Innovation (3H, 3C)
  • XXXX 2994/4994: Undergraduate Research (in any department)
  • UH 3204: Honors Service Learning (3H, 3C)
  • Professional Development
  • Study Abroad
  • Partners in the Parks
  • Corps of Cadets Leadership Experiences