Program Overview for Distance Students
Both the graduate certificate and the master’s degree are available to distance students via online courses.
Distance courses blend both synchronous sessions and asynchronous work, involving face-to-face virtual meetings with your instructor, small group work, online discussions, etc. All assignments and group discussions will be facilitated through Blackboard LearnTM, an online learning environment, and may use other online tools (such as Zoom, Mural, etc.).
Students studying from a distance start in the summer with the advanced graduate certificate program (18 credits), joining a learning cohort, and may apply to continue into the master’s degree after completing the one-year Graduate Certificate program.
Schedule for the current cohort that started in summer 2020 is below (Note: Courses for our distance learners are not listed in Buffalo State’s Course Schedule Website, called Banner, Department will provide Course Registration Numbers so students can register themselves):
Graduate Program for Distance Learners |
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Graduate Certificate Program – all courses online* |
Master’s Program – all required courses online* |
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Summer 2020 Courses |
Fall |
Spring |
Summer |
Fall |
Spring |
Developing Individual Creativity |
Becoming a Creativity Facilitator |
Becoming an Agent for Change in |
Deepening Your Theoretical Foundations |
Exploring and |
Applying Your Mastery |
CRS 559 CRS 620 |
CRS 610 |
CRS 670 |
CRS 635 |
CRS 625 |
CRS 690 |
*Tentative schedule, course schedule may be subject to change depending on enrollments and other circumstances beyond our control.
Going forward, the department is rethinking the schedule for those studying in our graduate program as distance students. For those considering joining our next cohort of distance learners, starting summer 2021, the current (tentative) schedule is below.
Graduate Program for Distance Learners |
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Graduate Certificate Program – all courses online* |
Master’s Program – all required courses online* |
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Summer |
Fall |
Spring |
Summer |
Fall |
Spring |
Developing Individual Creativity |
Becoming a |
Understanding |
Developing |
Exploring and |
Applying Your Mastery |
CRS 559
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CRS 610 CRS 670
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CRS 620 CRS 560
|
CRS 635 |
CRS 625 |
CRS 690 |
*Tentative schedule, course schedule may be subject to change depending on enrollments and other circumstances beyond our control.
For more details, please contact the department at creativity@buffalostate.edu