Creative Technology Master’s courses

Module description

Please study the descriptions below to choose the course that is the best fit for your academic interests.

Introduction to Conceptual Thinking (in Russian)

More information you can find here Основы концептуального мышления

Natalia Bysryantseva

Ilya Smilga

Maxim Ponomarev

Andrey Potekhin

Denis Eliseev

Introduction to Conceptual Thinking

The course is about the basic principles of analysis, idea generation, creative processes, structuring information, building systems, giving knowledge for creating breakthrough and innovative projects in various fields of science and business.

In the process of mastering the course, students will learn:

how the brain works in the process of inventing and how to set it up for creativity (psychology and physiology of creative thinking);
how to formulate ideas and how to present them;
creative techniques and tools;
how to overcome creative inertia and fight the blank slate syndrome;
how to solve existing problems in a new way: from studying needs to insight.

Course workload: 3 credits

Course language: English

Assessment format: Exam

Learning format: The course takes place in a mixed form on the OpenEdu platform

Contacts: Alexandra Irisova, course coordinator, telegram

Watch the video about the course here.