COMM 209 Critical Thinking and Argumentation

Critical Thinking and Argumentation is designed to introduce students to the basic principles of critical thinking, reasoning, informal logic, and argumentation, and to help students apply those principles in both their personal and public communication.

Credits

3 Credits

Semester Contact Hours Lecture

45

General Education Competency

GEM Oral Communication

COMM 209Critical Thinking and Argumentation

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I. General Information

Department

Social Science

II. Course Specification

Course Type

General Education

General Education Competency

GEM Oral Communication

Credit Hours Narrative

3 Credits

Semester Contact Hours Lecture

45

Grading Method

Letter grade

Repeatable

N

III. Catalog Course Description

Critical Thinking and Argumentation is designed to introduce students to the basic principles of critical thinking, reasoning, informal logic, and argumentation, and to help students apply those principles in both their personal and public communication.

IV. Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:

  • After reading and listening to the required lecture content, defend arguments that adhere to basic tests of reasoning.
  • After considering sources of perceptual and ideological bias, identify their own ideological and perceptual biases.
  • When confronted with examples from popular discourse, critically analyze arguments using tests of reasoning and recognize faulty argumentation (fallacies).
  • Create cogent arguments presented in a variety of formats.

V. Topical Outline (Course Content)

VI. Delivery Methodologies

Required Text

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Required Materials

Final Reasoning Project (Oral Communication Presentation)

Assessment Strategy Narrative

Final Exam Midterm Exam Final Reasoning Project (Oral Communication Presentation) *See attached project assignment sheet and grading sheet