Critical Thinking at University: An Introduction
All-Time Top 100- Provider FutureLearn
- Cost Free Online Course (Audit)
- Session In progress
- Language English
- Certificate $44 Certificate Available
- Effort 4 hours a week
- Duration 2 weeks long
- Learn more about MOOCs
Taken this course? Share your experience with other students. Write review

Class Central Custom Lists
Build and share your own catalog of courses with Class Central's custom lists.
Overview
Make sure you have the critical thinking skills required for university
Critical thinking is a vital skill at university and later in life. University study introduces you to new concepts, ways of learning and requires you to think critically. You need to know how to question information sources and how to evaluate different arguments.
Despite critical thinking being so important, students are often unprepared when they start their studies. This course will show you what critical thinking skills you need at university level, how they can be applied to different disciplines and how to use practical strategies to develop these skills for a successful academic life.
This course is for anyone preparing to study at university level or for current university students. You may be an undergraduate or a new taught postgraduate student who might be unfamiliar with studying in the UK. If you want to have a successful academic life, this course will give you the foundations whatever your discipline at university.
Critical thinking skills are also valued later life by employers, so if you want to refresh your skills, this practical online course is for you.
The course is part of the academic skills courses portfolio at the University of Leeds aiming to improve skills required for academic study.
Taught by
Class Central Charts
- #1 in Subjects / Self Improvement / Critical Thinking
Tags
Help Center
Most commonly asked questions about FutureLearn
Reviews for FutureLearn's Critical Thinking at University: An Introduction Based on 51 reviews
- 5 stars 78%
- 4 stars 22%
- 3 star 0%
- 2 star 0%
- 1 star 0%
Did you take this course? Share your experience with other students.
Write a review- 1
I haven't been able to access the course fully, since I am already a fan of critical thinking and apparently practice it everyday.
Still, the tools the course gives the learner are really useful and now, after completing the course, it is all about applying them to university classes.
I especially liked the videos of learners who give their review of the Critical thinking class they have taken(unclear if it was the same MOOC). There are also great possibilities for further reading by the links provided in the course.
I agree with other review, I hope the course would contain more sample responses. And also more assessments to practice and strengthen the knowledge given. I felt I am a bit vague about using the tools.
It's more like 4,5 than 4!
-what the critical thinking means,
-which stages a person should follow to make tudy subjects better,
-which challenges a person may encounter while thinking ciritically,
-how to make good notes to develop the subject knowlege,
-the differences between good and less critical engagement,
-how to create an action plan.
I really believe that I will use the information I've learnt in this course for my study subjects.
I found this course very useful in the sense that it has given me a insight in how to approach the Masters I am about to begin at the end of this month. Also confidence that there are resources to help me along the way.
Thank you for a very informative course. It was presented very well and at a good pace.
If you want to fire up the synapses and get the brain ticking better this course is a useful refresher with some good hyperlinks to more modern resources.
William D
I have learn alot that change the way I think about life, I have learnt the critical way of thinking which is not just overloading myself with thoughs but thiking in a logical matter in other to bring or get the answer am looking for
I will recommend this to my friends.
Again I say it is a privelage.
Thank you University of Leed, thank you FEture learn.
The class structure is composed of articles, exercises, videos, and discussions. Most of the sections, ask you to comment your thought. Writing comments push me a lot to reflect my experiences and lead me to understand the other people (peer) thoughts.
- 1