MSOM 601 - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

(3 hours) This course introduces students to strategies for academic, professional, and personal success related to critical thinking and problem-solving. Students will be presented different reasoning, logic, and argument strategies that will help them distinguish the validity of emotional and rational claims. Conceptual, analytical, and practical foundations of problem-based application strategies will be applied through the context of problem definition, research, information utilization, critical thinking, and communication. A focus on how the use of language, definitive words, and social media can impact critical thinking will be reviewed.