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    Creative Thinking Syllabus Fall 2016

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    This document outlines the syllabus for a 3 credit hour course on Creative Thinking and Decision Making taught at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology in Islamabad, Pakistan. The course will be taught over 30 lectures on Mondays and Tuesdays from 1-2:30pm by instructor Azeema Faizunnisa Vogeler. The objectives of the course are to develop conceptual clarity around creative thinking, decision making, and how these concepts apply to studies, professional life and personal life. Students will learn various thinking styles and techniques, apply different perspectives, and participate in activities, assignments, projects and exams. The grading breakdown and tentative schedule of lectures are also provided.

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    This document outlines the syllabus for a 3 credit hour course on Creative Thinking and Decision Making taught at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology in Islamabad, Pakistan. The course will be taught over 30 lectures on Mondays and Tuesdays from 1-2:30pm by instructor Azeema Faizunnisa Vogeler. The objectives of the course are to develop conceptual clarity around creative thinking, decision making, and how these concepts apply to studies, professional life and personal life. Students will learn various thinking styles and techniques, apply different perspectives, and participate in activities, assignments, projects and exams. The grading breakdown and tentative schedule of lectures are also provided.

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    This document outlines the syllabus for a 3 credit hour course on Creative Thinking and Decision Making taught at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology in Islamabad, Pakistan. The course will be taught over 30 lectures on Mondays and Tuesdays from 1-2:30pm by instructor Azeema Faizunnisa Vogeler. The objectives of the course are to develop conceptual clarity around creative thinking, decision making, and how these concepts apply to studies, professional life and personal life. Students will learn various thinking styles and techniques, apply different perspectives, and participate in activities, assignments, projects and exams. The grading breakdown and tentative schedule of lectures are also provided.

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    Creative Thinking Syllabus Fall 2016

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    Azeema Faizunnisa
    This document outlines the syllabus for a 3 credit hour course on Creative Thinking and Decision Making taught at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology in Islamabad, Pakistan. The course will be taught over 30 lectures on Mondays and Tuesdays from 1-2:30pm by instructor Azeema Faizunnisa Vogeler. The objectives of the course are to develop conceptual clarity around creative thinking, decision making, and how these concepts apply to studies, professional life and personal life. Students will learn various thinking styles and techniques, apply different perspectives, and participate in activities, assignments, projects and exams. The grading breakdown and tentative schedule of lectures are also provided.

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    The key takeaways are that this course aims to develop conceptual clarity around creative thinking and decision making. It will teach various styles of thinking and how they apply to creativity and decision making. Students will learn to apply different perspectives to collective behavior and social life.

    The objectives of this course are to identify various styles of thinking, explain how they apply to creativity and decision making, and to become an active creator of knowledge by becoming a learner through direct observations. Another objective is to apply various perspectives to collective behavior, human social needs, and individual social and personal life.

    Some of the topics that will be covered include what is creativity, critical thinking, logic and reasoning, arguments and logical fallacies, persuasion, culture and ideology, ethical dilemmas, concept mapping, stakeholder analysis, lateral thinking, human agency, analyzing advertisements, heroism, reasoning styles, ethics, vested interests, necessary and sufficient conditions, and science vs pseudoscience.

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    COMSATS INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ISLAMABAD


    DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
    SYLLABUS
    Creative Thinking & Decision Making (BPY III) Fall 2016
    Day/Time: Mon/Tue 1:00-2:30 PM
    Instructor: Azeema Faizunnisa Vogeler, PhD, University of Hawaii
    Email: azeema@gmail.com
    Office Hours: By appointment.
    Course Description:
    This course outline has been compiled to meet the needs of students studying Creative
    Thinking and Decision Making as a compulsory subject for undergraduate level students
    of Psychology in CIIT, Islamabad. This is a 3 credit hour course, comprising 3 hours of
    teaching per week.
    Course Objectives:
    The aim of this course is to develop a conceptual clarity about thinking creatively and
    decision making, and how these concepts are manifested in studies as well as in
    professional and personal life.
    After studying this course the participants should be able to:

    Identify various styles of thinking and explain how these thinking techniques
    apply to creativity and decision making.
    To become an active creator of their own knowledge base by becoming a learner
    through direct observations of examples in daily life.
    Apply various perspectives to collective behavior, human social need, and
    individual social and personal life.

    Class Participation:

    Throughout the semester, there will be opportunities to earn participation points through
    intelligent engagement in class activities. There will be various assignments to enhance
    the understanding of course materials.
    Assignment guidelines:
    All written assignments are expected to be processed according to APA guidelines (refer
    to Perdue night owl APA) before they are turned in for grade. All work is expected to be
    turned in as hard copy with names of student and teacher, class and section, date, and
    assignment title on the left hand top corner of the first page in single space; the rest of the
    text typed and double spaced on a 12 font, Times Roman, and duly stapled. No
    handwritten, emailed, or unstapled work is ever accepted in this class.
    Note: No late quizzes or presentations without documented reasons for absence.

    Methods of Teaching:

    Lectures, case studies, small group discussions.


    Relevant projects and other activities like role play
    Reading materials and lectures will be occasionally supplemented with relevant
    videos and other materials

    Grading:
    Participation in class, assignments, projects
    and quizzes
    Sessional 1
    Sessional 2
    Final Exam

    25 points
    10 points
    15 points
    50 points

    Tentative schedule

    Lecture 1
    Lecture
    Lecture
    Lecture
    Lecture
    Lecture
    Lecture

    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7

    Lecture 8
    Lecture
    Lecture
    Lecture
    Lecture
    Lecture
    Lecture
    Lecture

    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15

    Lecture 16
    Lecture 17
    Lecture 18

    Introduction of class, syllabus, objectives, activities


    during the semester
    What is creativity? Class discussion (individual
    assignment on plastic free weekend)
    Basics of critical thinking and logic/reasoning
    Arguments, premises, logical fallacies
    Exercises: Arguments, premises, logical fallacies
    Persuasion including ethos, pathos and logos
    Solving logic puzzle and games
    Cultural hegemony and ideology formation, discourse
    creation, agency
    Celebrating culture (with assignment on how and why
    cultures shift)
    Ethical Dilemmas & Decisions
    Concept mapping, process maps
    Stakeholder analysis
    Lateral thinking (6 thinking hats) of Edward Bono
    Hegemony, subalterns and human agency
    Public policy in Pakistan (guest lecture)
    Objectification of women, gender sub-texts, analyzing
    ads for subliminal messages
    Analysis of advertisements, class presentations
    Who is a hero and why? How we choose our heroes?
    Class write up and presentations on unknown heroes

    Lecture 19
    Lecture 20
    Lecture 21
    Lecture 22
    Lecture
    Lecture
    Lecture
    Lecture
    Lecture
    Lecture
    Lecture
    Lecture

    23
    24
    25
    26
    27
    28
    29
    30

    from Pakistan.
    Gambit
    Reasoning styles including inductive/deductive
    Ethics, thinking about our moral compass (Steven
    Pinker article)
    Pinker article and SWOT analysis
    What is vested Interest and other topics related to
    creative writing
    Necessary and sufficient conditions
    Science vs. Pseudoscience, Gambit exercise
    Misc. topics: zero sum game, paradox, oxymoron
    Student presentations on selected articles
    Student presentations on selected articles
    Student presentations on selected articles
    Student presentations on selected articles

    Important notes: If you have any physical disability or circumstantial hindrance which
    will make it difficult for you to carry out the work outlined and/or if you need special
    accommodations due to the disability, please contact me immediately so that appropriate
    arrangements/accommodations can be arrange, if possible.
    Use of cell phones and other electronic device are not allowed in the class unless advised
    by the instructor.

    Please make sure that your work is plagiarism free. If you have any
    questions on what entails plagiarism, please contact me.

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