BUSI 4117 Developing Creative Thinking
Are you someone who thrives on creative challenges and new experiences?
Enroll now in BUSI 4117 Developing Creative Thinking for the 2024-25 academic year.
BUSI 4117 is a full-year, one-credit course in which you work in close partnership with members of a remote community, and participate in a field trip to that community. Depending on the stream that you choose, you will either: a) work on solutions to a problem that you define in concert with your partner and community members, or b) develop and execute a curriculum with local youth.
The course will include a field trip of between 10 days and two weeks, depending on your community.
There are three options for the course this year:
Option A: From Buckets to Rainbarrels: Tanzania
In this section, you will work with Maasai community members in the district of Longido, Tanzania. You may work with Industrial Design students on solutions to problems that have been suggested by the community. You may also work on a planned exchange program of high school students between a Canadian First Nation and Longido Secondary School. During the field trip, you will interact with organizations including Tembo and Echo East Africa Impact Centre.
See what some past students had to say about their trip to Tanzania
Option B: Courts for Change
In this section, you’ll be working with varsity student-athletes and students from Industrial Design to design and build sport and recreation facilities, while also making and providing coaching and wellness programs. Courts for Change has positive benefits on the community through the increased developmental and community building aspects of sport, creating a space where the opportunities for play can thrive. Past students have travelled to Longido, Tanzania and Masset in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia and Mayo, Yukon to co-create sport and wellness programs for community youth.
Here’s what some past students had to say about going to Tanzania!
Option C: Northern Lights: Canadian North
In this section, you will engage in research and co-design with members of one of two northern communities: Mayo, Yukon or Masset, Haida Gwaii. Planned projects include marketing and sponsorship activities for a skateboard entrepreneurship project with local school youth that Sprott students have previously developed ( https://sunriseabsorb.com ); a student-run community radio station; recording and testing of holopresence technology for oral history, crafts, 3d artifact imaging, and language teaching (for an example, see https://arhtmedia.com). During the field trip, you will work intensively with students at the village school.
See what some students from this year’s Northern cohort had to say about their experience
Fundraising
As part of the course, you will engage in fundraising efforts during the Fall term to offset the costs of the field trips. The fundraising effort revolves around Giving Tuesday on Carleton’s FutureFunder platform, which provides an opportunity to leverage contributions through matching funds. Your out-of-pocket expenses will depend on fundraising success.
Registration
In addition to the course prerequisites listed in the Undergraduate Calendar, registration in BUSI 4117 requires Departmental Permission and an Overall 8.00 CGPA.
Please attempt to register in the course, fill our the application form below and then submit a Registration Override Request on Carleton Central to request permission. Note that there are a limited number of spaces in the course.
If you have any questions about your eligibility or if you are unsure about whether you meet the registration criteria, please contact Professor Rob Smart.