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Take Critical Thinking at your own pace

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.

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This is a pass/fail course. You must 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

<p>At the end of the course, you will be able to:</p> <ul><li>Describe critical thinking in the context of the philosophies that form and define it, and explain why it is important to making good decisions.</li><li>Recognize, analyze, and construct logical arguments in standard form as distinguished from persuasive arguments.</li><li>Analyze and assess different types of deductive arguments for validity using truth tables, proofs, and diagrams.</li><li>Analyze various inductive arguments such as statistical generalizations, causal and explanatory reasoning, problems of probability, and moral arguments.</li></ul>
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Humanities courses examine human culture, values, and ideas. Subjects may include philosophy, history, art, and cultural studies.

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