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Reading and Thinking Critically

  • Non-Award

This course develops critical thinking and reading skills for academic and professional success, focusing on source evaluation, text analysis, and informed decision-making.

Key details

Degree Type
Non-Award
Course Code
FEL1394
Study Mode
Online
Intake Months
Apr, Sep

About this course

Overview

This online course equips undergraduate students with essential critical thinking and effective reading skills for academic and professional success. Students will learn to evaluate the credibility of sources, analyse complex texts to extract key information and underlying meanings through active reading strategies, and apply these skills to analyse problems for informed decision-making. Through engaging materials and activities, this course fosters the development of thoughtful and discerning individuals capable of navigating information-rich environments and making well-reasoned judgments.

On completing the course, students will be able to:

  1. Use established source credibility and reliability criteria effectively.
  2. Demonstrate active reading strategies for complex text analysis.
  3. Apply critical thinking and reading skills for informed decision-making.

Study locations

Online

What you will learn

Overview

This online course equips undergraduate students with essential critical thinking and effective reading skills for academic and professional success. Students will learn to evaluate the credibility of sources, analyse complex texts to extract key information and underlying meanings through active reading strategies, and apply these skills to analyse problems for informed decision-making. Through engaging materials and activities, this course fosters the development of thoughtful and discerning individuals capable of navigating information-rich environments and making well-reasoned judgments.

On completing the course, students will be able to:

  1. Use established source credibility and reliability criteria effectively.
  2. Demonstrate active reading strategies for complex text analysis.
  3. Apply critical thinking and reading skills for informed decision-making.

Course structure

Elective Details

Course Code: FEL1394

Offering Semesters: To be offered in 2026

Credit Hours: 2

Delivery: MOOC Course

Assessment Weightage: Continuous Assessment - 60%; Final Assessment - 40%

Course Lecturer: Ms R Lakshmi Priyadarshni

Contact Email: lakshmip@sunway.edu.my