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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
Graduate Certificate Program – all courses online*				Master’s Program – all required courses online*
Summer 2020 Courses	Fall 2020 Course	Spring 2021 Course	Summer 2021 Course	Fall 2021 Course	Spring 2022 Course
Developing Individual Creativity	Becoming a Creativity Facilitator	Becoming an Agent for Change in Your Organization	Deepening Your Theoretical Foundations & Creative Leadership Competencies	Exploring and Understanding Current Issues	Applying Your Mastery
CRS 559 CRS 620	CRS 610	CRS 670	CRS 560 (early summer, e.g., late May to late June) CRS 635 (late summer, e.g., early July to early August)	CRS 625 Elective Course(s)	CRS 690 Elective Course(s)

*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
Graduate Certificate Program – all courses online*				Master’s Program – all required courses online*
Summer 2021 Courses	Fall 2021 Course	Spring 2022 Course	Summer 2022 Course	Fall 2022 Course	Spring 2023 Course
Developing Individual Creativity	Becoming a Creativity Facilitator & Change Leader in Your Organization	Understanding Your Own Creativity and Deepening Your Theoretical Foundations	Developing Creative Leadership Competencies	Exploring and Understanding Current Issues	Applying Your Mastery
CRS 559	CRS 610 (first seven weeks of semester) CRS 670 (second seven week of semester)	CRS 620 (first seven weeks of semester) CRS 560 (second seven weeks of semester)	CRS 635 Elective Course(s)	CRS 625 Elective Course(s)	CRS 690 Elective Course(s)

*Tentative schedule, course schedule may be subject to change depending on enrollments and other circumstances beyond our control.

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For more details, please contact the department at creativity@buffalostate.edu

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