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IAT 209W - Critical and Creative Thinking
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IAT209W-3-2007.pdf
Credit Hours: 3
Instructors: Chantal Gibson
Location: SFU Surrey, Room 5080
Semester: Fall 2007
Course Description:
This writing intensive course identifies characteristics of critical, innovative and creative thinking. This course, also, develops a framework for discussing and understanding concepts of knowing, questioning, developing and presenting ideas. Using academic and popular culture materials, students learn to build an argument through rhetorical methods, explore the history and formulation of criticism, develop and formulate questions as a mechanism for constructing and supporting concept building. Students will engage in critical writing activities that encourage skill development through feedback and revision. Students will explore the characteristics of innovation and creativity, including the importance of professional communicators such as "opinion leaders" and "change agents".
Course Objectives:
In this course students will:
Delivery Method:
Weekly seminar/ workshops.
Learning Activities + Evaluation:
Seminar - 3hrs hours
Web presentation and required readings - 1.5 hours
Research and development for writing projects - 3.0 hours
Total hours - 7.5 Hours
Individual projects: 60%
Team project and presentation: 40%
Texts, Resources + Materials:
Online course materials
Textbook: TBA
Prerequisites:
IAT 100, 101.
Last Updated: February 4, 2008
These course outlines are drafts and are subject to change.
Download PDF:
IAT209W-3-2007.pdf
Credit Hours: 3
Instructors: Chantal Gibson
Location: SFU Surrey, Room 5080
Semester: Fall 2007
Course Description:
This writing intensive course identifies characteristics of critical, innovative and creative thinking. This course, also, develops a framework for discussing and understanding concepts of knowing, questioning, developing and presenting ideas. Using academic and popular culture materials, students learn to build an argument through rhetorical methods, explore the history and formulation of criticism, develop and formulate questions as a mechanism for constructing and supporting concept building. Students will engage in critical writing activities that encourage skill development through feedback and revision. Students will explore the characteristics of innovation and creativity, including the importance of professional communicators such as "opinion leaders" and "change agents".
Course Objectives:
In this course students will:
- Discuss and understand the differences between concepts of truth, free will and knowing; opinions and beliefs, moral questions and judgment
- Explore the creative process and its challenges, including expressing, investigating an issue or problem and producing ideas
- Assess the implications of evaluation, propaganda and semantics of discourse, including observation and inference
- Understand how to develop and support an argument, including the use of rhetoric, writing and research
- Understand and explore notions of innovation, change agents, in a cultural context
- Engage in audience-centered writing processes that encourage revision and skill development
- Assume the role of the critic by providing feedback to others on their work and integrating feedback from others into the revision process
Delivery Method:
Weekly seminar/ workshops.
Learning Activities + Evaluation:
Seminar - 3hrs hours
Web presentation and required readings - 1.5 hours
Research and development for writing projects - 3.0 hours
Total hours - 7.5 Hours
Individual projects: 60%
Team project and presentation: 40%
Texts, Resources + Materials:
Online course materials
Textbook: TBA
Prerequisites:
IAT 100, 101.
Last Updated: February 4, 2008
These course outlines are drafts and are subject to change.
