Critical Thinking & Wrtng-Hon

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In this course, students receive instruction in critical thinking for purposes of constructing, evaluating, and composing arguments in a variety of rhetorical forms, using primarily non-fiction texts, refining writing skills and research strategies developed in ENGL C1000 College Reading and Writing (or C-ID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course. This is an honors course. Students will learn to evaluate and interpret data, to recognize assumptions, to distinguish facts from opinions, to identify and avoid logical fallacies, to identify and employ deductive and inductive reasoning, to effectively assert and support argumentative claims, and to cultivate a critical approach toward contemporary issues, including socio-political, economic and racial injustices. This course is enriched through extensive and rigorous reading, writing, and research assignments.