Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Enrolling for this study plan is possible after having obtained one of the following degrees:
Master's programme
APPLICATION LETTER
The programme is taught entirely in English and lasts for one academic year (two semesters from October to June).
The participation is open to both stationary and non stationary students. It requires the in-person, physical presence for two and a half days per month and about three to five days per month of the additional individual and group work, which can be scheduled in a flexible manner and carried out on distance.
In total, this academic plan comprises 27 ECTS credits.
Module:
- The brain
- What is thinking
- Worldviews and identities
- Embodied cognition
- Symbolic cognition
- Intelligence
To complete this module, students must obtain 6 ECTS credits.
6ECTS credits - Thinking About Thinking |
Module:
- Logical thinking and reasoning
- Fallacies and biases
- Critical thinking
- Extended mind
- Divergent and lateral thinking
- Co-thinking
- Ethical thinking
- Dialectical thinking
- Systems thinking
- Complexity thinking
- Design thinking and research
- Game thinking
To complete this module, students must obtain 12 ECTS credits.
12ECTS credits - Thinking Toolkit |
Component:
- On-campus engagement - Participation in a selected VUB seminar series
- On-campus engagement - Observation report and consultation
To complete this module, students must obtain 3 ECTS credits.
3ECTS credits - Engaged Thinking |
Component:
- Beautiful minds - workshops
- Beautiful minds - Interview assignement and consultation
To complete this module, students must obtain 3 ECTS credits.
3ECTS credits - Beautiful Minds |
Module:
- Thinking studio - Workshops
- Thinking studio - Co-thinking observation assignement
- Thinking studio - Co-thinking observation report and consultation
- Thinking studio - Individual observation assignement
- Thinking studio - Individual observation report and consultation
To complete this module, students must obtain 5 ECTS credits.
5ECTS credits - Thinking studio |