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Assessment of the Long Term Effects of the Master of Science Degree in Creative Studies on its Graduates
Author(s) -
FIRESTIEN ROGER L.,
LUNKEN HEDRIA PORRATH
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
the journal of creative behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.896
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2162-6057
pISSN - 0022-0175
DOI - 10.1002/j.2162-6057.1993.tb00706.x
Subject(s) - creativity , psychology , degree (music) , medical education , gerontology , medicine , social psychology , physics , acoustics
This article will report the results of a study that was conducted to determine the long‐term impact of the Master of Science Degree in Creative Studies, at Buffalo State College, on the personal and professional lives of the program graduates. A questionnaire designed to assess how graduate study in creativity has impacted graduates' personal and professional lives was sent to all program graduates. Analysis of the responses of the 38 Creative Studies graduates who completed the questionnaire indicated that study in creativity has significantly influenced their lives and is an integral part of their personal and professional activities. The authors would like to thank the following individuals for their valuable assistance in the development of this study: Scott Isaksen, Mary Murdock, Donald Treffinger, E. Paul Torrance, Ruth Noller, Sidney Parnes, Andrew Joniak, Gerard Puccio, K. Brian Dorval, and graduates of the Master of Science Degree in Creative Studies at Buffalo State College.