HUM/115: Critical Thinking in Everyday Life
Course Information
Credits
3
Description
Students learn how to think critically, focusing on developing the necessary tools and skills to analyze
problems, make decisions, and formulate well-supported points of view on key academic, social, and
professional issues.
Learning Outcomes
In this course, you will learn to: Where you will demonstrate your learning:
Identifycommon challenges to effective critical
thinking.
Wk 1 Discussion – Critical Thinking
Wk 1 Interactive Videos
Wk 1 – Critical Thinker Worksheet
Wk 2 Discussion – Reason, Emotion, and
Communication
Wk 2 - Interactive Videos
Wk 3 Discussion – Social Errors, Bias, and
Fallacies
Wk 3 - Identifying Fallacies Social Errors, and
Biases Quiz
Wk 5 Discussion – Applying Critical Thinking
Wk 5 - Applying Critical Thinking Reflection
Explain strategies to overcome barriers to
effective critical thinking.
Wk 1 Discussion – Critical Thinking
Wk 3 Discussion – Social Errors, Bias, and
Fallacies
Wk 3 - Interactive Videos
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Syllabus
HUM/115 v9
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Wk 3 - Identifying Fallacies Social Errors, and
Biases Quiz
Wk 5 Discussion – Applying Critical Thinking
Wk 5 - Applying Critical Thinking Reflection
Practicecritical thinking skills in real-world
problem solving and decision-making scenarios.
Wk 1 – Critical Thinker Worksheet
Wk 2 Discussion – Reason, Emotion, and
Communication
Wk 2 – Reasons, Emotion and Communication in
Critical Thinking Worksheet
Wk 3 Discussion – Social Errors, Bias, and
Fallacies
Wk 3 - Identifying Fallacies Social Errors, and
Biases Quiz
Wk 4 Discussion – Evaluating Arguments
Wk 4 - Interactive Video: Arguments
