Minor in Innovation and Zone Learning

The concept of stable occupations common during the 20th century has almost disappeared, with professional life being in permanent flux and in a state of becoming. Individuals are increasingly responsible for their own development and required to manage their own professional and educational journeys so as to be able to engage in a lifetime of changes. Moreover, issues such as pandemics, conflict, mental illness, climate change, food insecurity, just to name a few, require individuals that can engage, discuss, contribute, and act while recognizing multiple viewpoints, sources of knowledge and approaches.

The future is uncertain and we cannot predict it, but we can certainly equip ourselves to deal with it. The Minor in Innovation and Zone Learning will help you develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence that will enable you to contribute to and benefit from an inclusive and sustainable future. In this, the Minor will encourage you to tap into the knowledge available across different practices and bodies of knowledge. Problem-solving frameworks focused on single disciplines are increasingly falling short as they have limited applicability when problems are uncertain, complex and volatile. The Minor will also help you further develop transversal skills such as creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, adaptability, or leadership. Oftentimes real-world problems are ill-defined and require experimental and unexpected approaches if meaningful and sustainable impact is to be attained.

There are currently 25 courses included in the Minor in Innovation and Zone Learning and we continue to work with faculties and schools around the university to expand the curriculum. You are welcome to petition for an additional elective course to be counted towards the Minor.

To fulfill the requirements of the Minor, you will have to take three core courses and three elective courses.

Restrictions: Of the courses listed, students enrolled in an RTA School of Media program may count a maximum total of 3 courses from the following: RTA-coded courses, FCD815, CRI815, FCD962, FCD222. Of the courses listed, ​students enrolled in the School of Creative Industries may count a maximum total of 3 courses from the following: CRI-coded courses, RTA924, FCD815.