Creativity and basket weaving 

Several decades ago, creativity was considered alien to courses as offered by Business Schools around the world. I discovered indirectly that my option on creativity, at what was then the Manchester Business School, was being referred to disparagingly as ‘basketweaving’ by a large majority of students. These  opted instead for additional courses in 'proper' business topics, particularly strategy, marketing and finance. 

In the public area, awards for creative endeavours go to authors, actors, filmmakers, and so on.  In contrast, highly novel contributions from scientists are more likely to be described as innovative.
At our ancient universities, courses have remained divided into humanities and the sciences. Creativity belongs primarily in the Humanities or Arts departments or faculties. 
I was reminded of this, recently in a section in Holy Disorders, a detective novel by Edmund Crispin, featuring his most notable detective Professor Gervase Fen.

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