TransfermaticCOMM at College of Marin

    COMM 109 - Critical Thinking, Argumentation and Persuasion

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    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    ENGL C1000 or equivalent.
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 1B
    Description
    (Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or equivalent.) This course develops critical thinking and argumentative writing using theories of persuasion. Students apply argumentative theory to write research-based briefs and persuasive essays, attending to audience, purpose, context, genre, and voice. In writing and orally, students engage with current issues by analyzing, criticizing, and generating complex ideas, engaging in inductive and deductive reasoning, developing arguments using theoretical models, distinguishing fact from opinion, identifying logical fallacies, critically evaluating research sources and statistical information, and engaging in self-reflection. (CSU/UC) AA/AS COM GE Area 1B, Cal-GETC Area 1B