Accelerated Certificate Programs (ACP) in Creativity and Product Development

Capitalizing on innovation is essential to business growth, and knowing how to do so is essential to personal career growth. Addressing the developing needs of innovative organizations, this forward-thinking program focuses on design thinking and the nurturing of creative cultures within organizations for entrepreneurs. Students will learn to think about designing new products or creative updates to existing products, the logistics of implementing those ideas, and how to do it all in the corporate environment or entrepreneurial space. Designed with the promising creative professional in mind, this course series provides an intensive examination of the scope of demands of real-world innovation and product development, whether tangible object, system or service.
Program Benefits
Design new or updated products, services or processes to fulfill unmet needs
Learn to manage advanced projects to get products, services and ideas to market
Develop skills to analyze the viability of a new product or innovation
Utilize rapid prototyping and systems thinking to refine new products
Examine how customers perceive competitive products and services
Gain a competitive edge in the global job market through an internship in a U.S. company

Students must be at least 18 years of age or older

Evidence of a university degree and/or substantial academic or professional experience

English proficiency tests accepted:

• 71 iBT TOEFL
• 530 PBT TOEFL or 17 on each section
• 685 TOEIC
• 6.0 IELTS
• 50 Pearson Academic
• B2 CEFR or ISE
• 3.5 iTEP
• 95 Duolingo
• Advanced Cambridge
• EIKEN Japanese Test in Practical English \u201cGrade pre-1\u201d
• GEPT \u201cHigh-Intermediate\u201d

Completion of English language school

• UCI 10-Week Intensive ESL: Level 5
• Kaplan International: Higher Intermediate
• FLS International: Level 16
• ELS Language Centers: Level 112

University degree was completed in the U.S., Australia, U.K., or another country where instruction was taught in English