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Critical and Creative Thinking (PHIL90021)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Email: jbradley@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject focuses on critical and creative thinking and how we can best develop and harness good ideas. The critical thinking component explores critical reasoning, causal reasoning and decision theory. The creative thinking component explores how we understand the relationship between critical and creative thinking, acknowledging that ideas about creative thinking are often ‘fuzzy’. Exercises and assessments in the first half of the subject will provide a framework for exploring how critical thinking works with creativity; the creative workshops in the second half will be geared to assessment and how we put knowledge into practice.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- understand, identify, analyse and synthesise major theories of critical and creative thinking;
- demonstrate an effective critical understanding of critical and creative processes;
- demonstrate effective critical and creative thinking and the application of these forms of thinking to the workplace;
- demonstrate the ability to undertake effective independent research; and
- conduct all activities in an ethical and responsible manner, demonstrating high levels of acadmic integrity.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- An essay on critical reasoning, 2,000 words (50%), due early in the teaching period.
- A manifesto, 500 words or equivalent (10%), due later in the teaching period.
- One peer review, 500 words (10%), due late in the teaching period.
- A critical reflection/exegesis, 2,000 words (30%), due during the examination period.
- Hurdle: Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% of classes in order to pass this subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator James Bradley Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: 12 x 2 hour seminars, taught weekly. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Email: jbradley@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
Please note: Students wishing to enrol in this subject must be admitted to the Executive Master of Arts
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Readings for this subject are drawn from a variety of textbooks and articles on critical and creative thinking, and will be available in reading packs on LMS or to be purchased at the bookstore.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation EMA 200 point program - full time over 2 years Major EMA 150 point program - full time over 1.5 years Informal specialisation EMA 100 point program - full time over 1 year Informal specialisation EMA 200 point program - full time over 1.5 years - Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
Last updated: 3 November 2022