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Critical and Creative Thinking (PHIL90021)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
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
Admission into the MC-EMA Executive Master of Arts
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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An essay on critical reasoning
| Early in the teaching period | 50% |
A manifesto
| Late in the teaching period | 10% |
One peer review
| Late in the teaching period | 10% |
A critical reflection/exegesis
| During the examination period | 30% |
Hurdle requirement: Students are required to attend a minimum of 75% of classes in order to pass this subject and regular class participation is expected. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Additional details
Submission of all assessment is required to pass this subject. Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 2% per working day. After five working days, assessment submitted without an approved extension will not be marked. There is no provision for late submission of in class tasks without permission
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator James Bradley Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: 12 x 2 hour seminars, taught weekly. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 30 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 25 June 2021 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.
- Links to additional information
Last updated: 3 November 2022