Speaker: Carl Heise, Service Architect, Transport for NSW
So the most important thing the MCISI’s offered me in my career is an opportunity to reimagine it. What the MCISI’s let me do is imagine what fabulous can look like in an office.
This course is also available to international students by distance mode only. International students are not eligible for a student visa to study this course in Australia.
The Master of Creative Intelligence and Strategic Innovation (MCISI) is a new type of postgraduate offering specifically positioned to transform professional capacities to develop new ways to respond to the open, complex, dynamic and networked problems they now face in their work.
This course provides flexible transdisciplinary professional learning pathways that allow participants to creatively traverse the boundaries between disciplines, professional fields and sectors to stimulate innovation. It also enables groups of participants from partner organisations to learn by immersing themselves in authentic transdisciplinary professional learning experiences, working with staff across UTS and international experts on the re-invention of their organisations, professions, and sectors based on emerging transdisciplinary ways of working.
The course has been designed to suit both the needs of partner organisations and individual participants’ aspirations by offering flexible, blended, and bespoke elements.
This course focuses on providing a flexible professional learning pathway for organisations and individuals to support them in developing their innovation profile and strategic leadership capacity. Participants are offered the flexibility to select subjects that are relevant to their practice, and personalise a master's-level program of study that is aligned with their sectors strategic goals and their personal career aspirations. It also enables participants to engage in a lifetime of learning that is relevant to the circumstances and stages in their professional lives.
Speaker: Carl Heise, Service Architect, Transport for NSW
So the most important thing the MCISI’s offered me in my career is an opportunity to reimagine it. What the MCISI’s let me do is imagine what fabulous can look like in an office.
The following example shows a typical part-time program.
The course program is dependent on the student's commencement session and year. For a personalised study plan, contact TDSchool-APO@uts.edu.au
October session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Creative Intelligence and Strategic Innovation - Masterclass | 94700 | 3 |
November Session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Creative Practices and Methods | 94710 | 3 |
Session 2 | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Futures | 94704 | 3 |
Session 3 | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Practices and Transdisciplinary Action | 94701 | 3 |
Studio A | 94760 | 6 |
Session 4 | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Frame Creation and Co-Evolution | 94706 | 3 |
Spring session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Digging for Paradigms | 94758 | 9 |
Session 5 | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Changing Minds | 94708 | 3 |
Session 6 | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Thinking Complexly: Beyond Problem Solving | 94702 | 3 |
Studio B | 94761 | 6 |
Session 2 | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Theory of Change | 94707 | 3 |
Autumn session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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The Innovation Lab | 94762 | 9 |
Session 3 | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Future Value and Impact | 94709 | 3 |
Session 4 | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Networks and Ecosystems | 94703 | 3 |
Spring session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Future-proof Your Organisation | 94759 | 9 |
Session 5 | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6 | |
Fields of Thought | 94711 | 3 |
Transdisciplinary Collaboration A | 94729 | 3 |
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Career options include change makers, consultants, entrepreneurs, managers, team leaders, middle and senior professionals.
Students must complete 72 credit points made up of 18 credit points of core subjects, 18 credit points of key enabling methodology subjects, 6 credit points of studio choice and 30 credit points of electives.
Requirement | Credit Points |
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STM91870 Foundation Subjects (Creative Intelligence and Strategic Innovation PG) | 15 |
STM91871 TD Experience and Research Subjects | 24 |
CBK92303 Key Enabling Methodologies Options | 9 |
CBK92304 Electives (Creative Intelligence and Strategic Innovation PG) MCISI | 24 |
Total | 72 |
The course is offered on a part-time basis and can be completed between 2 to 4 years. It is taught in intensive mode in short sessions.
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.
In addition to the required academic qualifications, applicants need to have a minimum of two year's full-time (or equivalent part-time) work experience demonstrated through:
Applicants who do not satisfy the minimum admission requirements listed above may be deemed eligible for admission if they:
To support their applications, those applicants must provide a one-page Personal Statement outlining the above.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64 with a writing score of 50; or C1A/C2P: 176-184 with a writing score of 169.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International studentsVisa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
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