Cambridge College PHI101W Critical Thinking Fall 2024, Start Date 10/28/24

The purpose of this course is to provide a basic knowledge of the art and discipline of critical thinking. Students will learn the various critical thinking standards and concepts including effective critical thinking, problem solving, logical reasoning, comparative reasoning, issue analysis and the application of critical thinking standards and strategies to determine and solve practical and theoretical problems. Students will explore the application of critical thinking concepts to real world situations in an effort to understand the critical thinking process. They will develop an ability to critically analyze the formulation and posing of questions to promote well-reasoned arguments on a variety of important topics.