3.00 Credits
(Honors Course) This course is designed to develop skills in critical thinking. This includes such areas as analyzing and evaluating claims, arguments, and explanations; constructing cogent arguments and argumentative essays; solving problems and making decisions. Attention will be given to everyday contexts such as advertising, news media, law, science, morality, etc. An emphasis will be on practical application of useful principles and procedures more than on mastery of theoretical considerations. Pre-Requisite: None OR The online version of Critical Thinking to be offered as an "On-line" course in which more than 80% of the instruction will be completed online. Pre-Requisite: None