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University of California, Davis

Critical Thinking Skills for the Professional

Have you ever tried to find a solution to a problem only to realize you’ve been focusing on the wrong problem from the very beginning? Or you’ve proposed a solution only to have it shut down by your boss or coworkers? How stressful and defeating is that? With massive changes in our world that seem to create the most difficult of circumstances, both personally and professionally, your skills as a critical thinker and problem solver need to be further developed now more than ever. By the end of this course you will have learned and memorized a practical model to solve problems on your own and with others. These 7 critical steps will ensure that you have looked at a problem from every angle and considered multiple solutions. In fact, this dynamic and holistic approach will help you solve problems once and for all!

Status: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Status: Self-Awareness
BeginnerCourse9 hours

Featured reviews

SM

4.0Reviewed Dec 29, 2022

Its a very good course ,it is necessary to learn the ethics and understanding the peoples ,to avoid the conflicts .So its very good course for everyone.

HS

5.0Reviewed Feb 21, 2021

I love the structure of the course. The steps are easy to remember with the help of Kinetic Memorization. Overall, this course exceeds my expectation. Thank you.

BP

4.0Reviewed Jan 30, 2021

This is a great course I was really interested in spending my time to learn and build critical thinking and problem-solving skill stronger.

AG

4.0Reviewed Jun 24, 2025

Good Course for Building foundations for Problem solving if we Solve 1 problem every day using same structure can help increase in problem solving exponentially.

MP

5.0Reviewed Jul 15, 2024

Well designed and all points explained nicely. Sometimes these steps are obvious, but I have seen many miss them, so having this course helps. Thank you.

KH

5.0Reviewed Sep 16, 2023

The instructor was knowledgeable and articulate, the course is cooked enough and tasty. The instructor made the content interesting and conducive to learning! Thank you.

MM

5.0Reviewed Apr 5, 2022

One of the greatest online courses I have ever taken. The instructor was much knowledgeable and engaging. I gained a lot from this course. Thank You so much!

JC

5.0Reviewed Jun 22, 2023

Very easy to follow. The instructor does a great job maintaining engagement. The outside source materials included are relevant to the course. Is not overly time consuming.

SM

5.0Reviewed Apr 10, 2021

Many points touched upon were absent from the mind. But the real benefit has been made from the above. A lot of things have become clearer, especially after actually applying the Learning Points.

PL

5.0Reviewed Oct 1, 2023

It is great course to learn and improve your critical thinking and taking decision based on procedure and principles laind down .

JA

5.0Reviewed Nov 2, 2022

very informative/supportive course and way of teaching/ online lectures was very convincing and much easy to understand.

DO

5.0Reviewed Aug 26, 2022

very effective for problem solving skill for deeper expalnaintion with analytical problms quiz and very clear teching.