Program Overview

Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation

Overview

The Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation is a major degree that can only be earned in combination with another major. In collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney, BCII prepares students to face society's present and future challenges through experiential learning, engaged critical thinking, and transdisciplinary study. Undergraduate students will gain critical skills during their program experience that will position them for success, whether they plan to enter the workforce or pursue a postgraduate degree. Students can pair the BCII degree with any other major from the University of Arizona and explore transdisciplinary perspectives alongside diverse faculty from multiple disciplines. The curriculum consists of several transdisciplinary core courses, an internship, and a capstone project that aligns nicely with the existing Honors Thesis requirement for Franke Honors students. Courses are taught in a way that empowers students to innovate and experience rather than observe and absorb, as they favor hackathons, think tanks, and creative labs over lectures and tutorials.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to investigating and analyzing complex systems.
• Translate concepts to develop actionable solutions to real-world challenges, while demonstrating an understanding of cultural values and complex regional, national, and global challenges.
• Identify significant issues, challenges or opportunities and assess potential to act creatively on them by working within different contexts.
• Analyze and evaluate the value of different patterns, frameworks and methods for exploring and addressing complex challenges.
• Imagine and design initiatives within new or existing (infra)structures or by using their gained skills to explore and articulate the transformation required to create and implement innovation.

Program Details

Coursework Location(s)

• Main/Tucson

Level of Math

• General Knowledge

This strand involves the general understanding and appreciation of how mathematics is used to solve problems in everyday life. The G-strand does not prepare a student for any further work grounded in mathematics and assumes the student will not proceed beyond the basic Foundations level noted above. Thus only those students whose major requires the most general knowledge of mathematics should take this strand.

Level of Second Language

• 2nd Semester Proficiency

Second-semester skill level in a second language is required. Non-B.A. degree students may fulfill this requirement with one of the following options:

• Scoring the equivalent of second-semester skill level on an entrance or placement examination administered by The University of Arizona.
• Completion with a C or better of a second semester course at the post-secondary level.
• An AP (Advanced Placement), IB (International Baccalaureate) or CLEP (College Level Entrance Program) language score determined by the individual language department.
• In the College of Engineering by a method determined within the College; however, all students in the college must also take a language placement examination on entrance to the University.

Pre-major Required?

• No

Additional Admissions Requirements

The Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation (BCII) is a concurrent major degree that can only be earned by Franke Honors students in combination with another major. The BCII has additional admission criteria; please see the W.A. Franke Honors page for more information.

This Major's College

• W.A. Franke Honors College

Degree

• Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation