Critical Thinking and Academic Writing

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This course is dedicated to improving your confidence and skill in critical thinking and academic writing through presentations, discussions, practice, and critique. You’ll learn the difference between uncritical and critical thinking, how to distinguish between info, data, and assertion, how to identify bias, and how to test an argument and evaluate evidence. You’ll learn how to create, support, and conclude an effective argument (thesis), cite sources, and have a chance to practice the many kinds of academic writing which will be required of you in seminary: exegesis, theological essay, exploratory research, personal reflection, and reviews.