PHL131: Critical and Creative Thinking

Achieving a high level of critical and creative thinking is one of the most important goals of a university education. This unit aims to enhance the thinking and communication skills that are fundamental to all of your academic studies. Employers in most professions and industries regard these abilities as essential. Effective thinking demands rigorous analysis, imagination and insight. In this unit you will develop and practise these skills and learn how to structure a successful, systematically reasoned essay.

Points	3
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Contact Time	Lectures: 1 hour per week; tutorials: 1.5 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Nil. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator	Dr Lubica Ucnik Position: Snr Lecturer Level C - Philosophy E-mail: L.Ucnik@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 4.057 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2313
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Lubica Ucnik Snr Lecturer Level C - Philosophy (L.Ucnik@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2313 Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 4.057 MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)   MURDOCH S1: External (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)