Once enrolled in XCC courses, students are placed on project teams that combine a variety of majors, experiences, and interests. Working within the same course, each team identifies opportunities, asks different questions, and contributes its own mix of skills and perspectives.

The result is a unique project deliverable; a physical or digital expression of students’ creativity, collaboration, communication, and research skills—that can be shared with the BU community at the end of semester Expo, showcased in portfolios, and discussed in future academic and professional settings.

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XCC Course Inspires Creativity and Innovation

How interdisciplinary teams designed, prototyped, and pitched consumer products.

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Boston Public Gardens Project

Great cities contain great stories–and Boston has more than its share. In this course we excavated some of those stories and craft short documentary films that bring them to life. Students brought a deep-time perspective to these stories by linking places and buildings to comparable remains from one of the great cities of the classical past, either Athens, Rome, or Istanbul (ancient Constantinople). Films were produced in collaboration with the City of Boston’s Office of Tourism, Sports, and Entertainment, with final versions made available to the city for promotional and instructional projects.