PHI 208 - Critical Thinking

3 cr.

Development of critical thinking skills to help students analyze, examine, synthesize, and apply different types of information. Students will learn to go beyond the realm of personal opinion when engaging with others, learning techniques formulating clear, concise, consistent, accurate, relevant and rational arguments. Class exercises include taking clear positions about contemporary situations and controversial issues. Students examine the process of information gathering and reasoning as they learn how to express carefully crafted viewpoints on a variety of topics.