{"ModuleCode":"ES1531","ModuleTitle":"Critical Thinking And Writing","Department":"Ctr For English Language Communication","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to help students think critically through ideas and communicate them effectively. Relevance to engineering practice will be emphasized. Ideas/claims/assertions/inferences are value driven and their successful communication is structured on sound reasoning and convincing expression. In the course, students will learn critical thinking skills through interaction with and rigorous analysis of various written texts. They will assess the ideas of others and develop their own, support them convincingly and convey them effectively in a critique and research paper.","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"- Students who are required to read ES1000 and/or EAP modules ES1102 must pass it/them before taking ES1531/GEK1549 - Only students matriculated from AY2014/15 onwards, are allowed to take GEK1549.","Preclusion":"EG1413, Students who have already read a WP2201 or IEM1201 module, GEK1901, U-town students cannot bid for ES1531/GEK1549.","Types":["Module"],"History":[{"Semester":1,"ExamDate":"2014-11-21T09:00+0800","LecturePeriods":["Tuesday Morning","Friday Morning","Monday Afternoon","Thursday Afternoon","Tuesday Afternoon","Friday Afternoon","Wednesday Afternoon","Wednesday Morning","Monday Morning","Thursday Morning"]},{"Semester":2,"ExamDate":"2015-04-24T09:00+0800","LecturePeriods":["Wednesday Morning","Friday Morning","Tuesday Afternoon","Thursday Afternoon","Monday Afternoon","Wednesday Afternoon","Friday Afternoon","Tuesday Morning","Thursday Morning"]}]}