3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 8023121GNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (G) Postgraduate - preliminary level.

Semester
1st and 2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Pass/Non pass
Can retake in second session
No
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Educational team
Francis Heylighen (course titular)
Marta Maria Lenartowicz
Activities and contact hours
27 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
26 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

The free, critical, creative and independent thinking, being the focus of the Postgraduate School of Thinking, constitutes a core element of the VUB's DNA and is consistently taught in several well established open seminar series, organised around the campus. The School of Thinking interlinks these initiatives, making the participation in the selected series into an integral part the curriculum. The students select at least one among the on-going series and follow it throughout the first semester. In addition to the regular participation, the students carry out an observation assignment designed to advance their understanding of the processes of co-thinking.

Additional info

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Learning Outcomes

General Competence

The students will become skillful, critical observers of the quality of co-thinking carried out in group disussions.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Other exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: 1 semester-long observation assignement concluded with a written report.

Additional info regarding evaluation

1 semester-long observation assignement concluded with a written report.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Postgraduate Certificate School of Thinking: PGuestplan School of Thinking Regular