Critical Thinking

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In this course, students will learn how to think more critically by questioning assumptions and biases, being aware of fallacies, and interpreting and writing deductive and inductive arguments to apply them to real-life situations.

Critical Thinking course stats

• 48633 students successfully completed
• 85 partners accept credit transfer. See Partners
• 3.0 semester credits
• Recommended for credit to the ACE® and DEAC college and university networks.
• Course Syllabus

Assignments & grading

This is a pass/fail course. Students are required to complete all 13 Challenges (formative assessments), 4 Milestones (summative assessments), and 2 Touchstones (project-based or written assessments) with an overall score of 70% or better.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Describe critical thinking in the context of the philosophies that form and define it, and explain why it is important to making good decisions.
• Recognize, analyze, and construct logical arguments in standard form as distinguished from persuasive arguments.
• Analyze and assess different types of deductive arguments for validity using truth tables, proofs, and diagrams.
• Analyze various inductive arguments such as statistical generalizations, causal and explanatory reasoning, problems of probability, and moral arguments.

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