Critical Thinking & Creative Problem Solving
$250 | ONLINE | 36 Hours (equivalent to 3 credits)
Various times, please check each month’s schedule below!
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Offered in collaboration with Hudson County Community College
Instructor: Chastity Farrell
December 14-15 , 2024
Zoom meetings will only take place ONE weekend, on Saturday December 14 & Sunday December 15 | CLASS END DATE: January 12, 2025
Saturday 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET/Sunday 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
January 18-19 , 2025
Zoom meetings will only take place ONE weekend, on Saturday January 18 & Sunday January 19 | CLASS END DATE: February 16, 2025
Saturday 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET/Sunday 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
February 15-16 , 2025
Zoom meetings will only take place ONE weekend, on Saturday February 15 & Sunday February 16 | CLASS END DATE: March 16, 2025
Saturday 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET/Sunday 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
March 15-16 , 2025
Zoom meetings will only take place ONE weekend, on Saturday March 15 & Sunday March 16 | CLASS END DATE: April 13, 2025
Saturday 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET/Sunday 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
April 12-13 , 2025
Zoom meetings will only take place ONE weekend, on Saturday April 12 & Sunday April 13 | CLASS END DATE: May 11, 2025
Saturday 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET/Sunday 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
May 10-11 , 2025
Zoom meetings will only take place ONE weekend, on Saturday May 10 & Sunday May 11 | CLASS END DATE: June 8, 2025
Saturday 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET/Sunday 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Critical Thinking is the ability to reflect and think independently in order to make thoughtful decisions. Critical thinking helps you better understand yourself, your motivations, and goals. It’s not just an important skill to master for your wellbeing; it’s also one of the top requirements for most career paths.
Critical thinking skills help us make good decisions, understand the consequences of our actions, and solve problems. These skills also help us think creatively – or “outside the box.” We are constantly in need of new and better ideas, especially when it comes to creative problem solving.
The world is changing faster than ever and through all the excitement, we must be able to assess new situations properly, handle challenges that arise, and think with an innovative mindset – the ability to come up with new ideas and novel approaches to problems. It’s important to understand that boosting your critical thinking, creative and innovative abilities take practice. Recognizing and developing these important skills is a process. Through a m mixture of motivating videos, engaging readings and fun assignments, this course will help you recognize, develop and act upon the creativity and critical thinking skills that you already possess.
This course is ideal for you if you are interested in learning specific techniques to improve your critical thinking and creativity, define and solve tough problems, generate new ideas, and take your ideas from thoughts to reality.
ONLINE FORMAT
This class will consist of readings and assignments posted on Google Classroom and TWO scheduled zoom sessions (zoom is a video conference app.) You will only have two zoom meetings the first weekend of class, and then work independently on your assignments for the remaining 4 weeks. Please make sure you register for the course with a valid email address, since this is where you will receive an invitation notification to join Google Classroom. Both zoom and Google Classroom are free platforms and easy to use. You will be invited to join Google Classroom a week before class starts. Make sure you check your spam/junk folder, as invitations to join Google Classroom sometimes end up there. Your email must be Google compatible, so it’s best if you use gmail, hotmail or yahoo. If you don’t receive a notification before class starts, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to contact us.
ASSIGNMENTS & COMPLETION CERTIFICATE
All assignments must be successfully completed in order to receive your course completion certificate. Course completion certificates will be emailed to you, to the email address you registered for the class with. If you have a deadline and need your certificate earlier, please indicate it during the registration process and upload proof (there is a question that asked about early certificate.) You may receive your certificate as early as ONE week after class has started, as long as you complete all assignments successfully and it is confirmed by your instructor.
ATTENDANCE
Attendance during the scheduled zoom sessions IS MANDATORY and we will be taking attendance! If you do not attend these, you will NOT receive a course completion certificate. Meetings are not recorded and there are no make-up sessions. It is not possible to sign up for a new class if you miss the zoom meetings – your will have to pay for a new class! Other than the zoom sessions, the class is self-paced and you will be free to work on your assignments whenever you can. You will have 4 weeks to complete all assignments and course requirements.
ZOOM SESSIONS
Please note that all zoom sessions are scheduled in Eastern Time (New York City). Please check which time zone you are in, and make sure you attend the zoom sessions on time!