Brief Course Description
1. Course Title:
Critical thinking and problem solving
2. Language of Instruction:
Tiếng Anh
3. Course Code:
MAN602010
4. Credits:
3
5. Course Objectives:
The course is designed to help learners achieve the following objectives:
- Know how to present a convincing or refute an argument
- Recognize fallacies in arguments
- Apply analytical thinking methods in study, work and life
- Diagnose business problems
- Analyze and propose solutions to business problems
6. Brief Description of Course Content:
The module begins with providing basic knowledge such as: the concept of critical thinking, standards of critical thinking, reasoning, basic forms of thinking (deductive and inductive). Next, students will learn about the validity and reliability of arguments, use of language in arguments, fallacies in arguments, how to analyze and evaluate arguments. Application of critical thinking in scientific research and in some areas of life.
The second part of this module will focus on problem solving. First, students will be introduced to an overview of problem solving methods. Next, the design thinking method will be introduced to help students apply problem solving creatively through the following steps: define the problem, evaluate problem solving opportunities, gather information, search for solution ideas, apply co-creation techniques to calibrate the solution, and finally implement the solution.