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| Suggested Reading | Suggested Oral Assessment Preperation | Assignments due | ||
| Week 1 | January 18 | First day of class: Introduction to Critical Thinking | ||
| Week 2 | January 23 |
Chapter 1 | ||
| January 25 | Chapter 2 | Understand the Standards of Critical Thinking beginning on page 2 (Clarity, Precision, Accuracy, Consistency, Logical Correctness, Completeness, and Fairness). Understand the Barriers to Critical Thinking listed on page 10-11, and explained on subsequent pages | ||
| Week 3 | January 30 | Exercise 2.1 | ||
| February 1 | Chapter 3 | Exercise 2.2 | ||
| Week 4 | February 6 | Chapter 3 | 2.4 | Logic in society 1 due |
| February 8 | 3.1 | |||
| Week 5 | February 13 | 3.3 | ||
| February 15 | 3.2, 3.4 | Logic in society 2 due | ||
| Week 6 | February 20 | No Class: Washington's Birthday | ||
| February 22 | Chapter 3 | 3.2, 3,3, 3.4, 3.5 | ||
| Week 7 | February 27 | 3.2, 3,3, 3.4, 3.5 | ||
| February 29 | Chapter 4 | Logic in Society 3 due | ||
| Week 8 | March 5 | Fallacies - please print this handout and bring to class! | ||
| March 7 | ||||
| Week 9 | March 12 | Paper 1 due | ||
| March 14 | Movie | |||
| Week 10 | March 19 | No Class: Spring Break | ||
| March 21 | No Class: Spring Break | |||
| Week 11 | March 26 | Mid-term review, Chapter 7 | CT Chapter 5-6 problem sets with answer key for fallacies practice This is in your text book! | |
| March 28 | Fallacies practice | Logic in society 4 due | ||
| Week 12 | April 2 | Mid-term exam | Covers reading material and suggested problem sets from chapters 1-4 in your Critical Thinking text as well as any notes from class. Problems with a circle next to them will be fair game for your exam. | |
| April 4 | Exercise 7.1 | Logic in society 5 due | ||
| Week 13 | April 9 | 7.2, 7.3 | ||
| April 11 | 7.4 | |||
| Week 14 | April 16 | Chapter 8 | 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 | |
| April 18 | Writing practice 1 - You must attend class to get credit | |||
| Week 15 | April 23 | Peer Critique of Writing Practice 1 - You must attend class to get credit |
Paper 2 due |
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| April 25 | Chapter 11 | 11.1, 11.2, Writing practice 2 - You must attend class to get credit |
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| Week 16 | April 30 | 11.4, 11.6, Peer Critique of Writing Practice 2 - You must attend class to get credit | ||
| May 2 | 11.8, 11.10, 11.11 Writing Practice 3 - You must attend class to get credit | |||
| Week 17 | May 7 | Peer Critique of Writing Practice 3 - You must attend class to get credit | ||
| May 9 | Review | Review | ||
| Week 18 | May 14 | Final Exam: 10:00am-11:50am | Covers reading material and suggested problem sets from Chapter 4, your fallacies handout and supplemental reading from Chapters 5-6, as well as chapters 7, 8, and 11 in your Critical Thinking text as well as any notes from class. Problems with a circle next to them will be fair game for your exam. | Paper 3 due |