Transfers ToCSUCSU GE Area D7 · CSU GE Area A3DescriptionSOC 305 Critical Thinking in the Social Sciences Units: 3 Hours: 54 hours LEC Prerequisite: None. Advisory: ENGL C1000 (formerly known as ENGWR 300) or the equivalent. Transferable: CSU; UC General Education: Local GE L1B; Local GE L4 This course examines the definitional and contextual nature of social issues. It develops a critical thinking approach that integrates interdisciplinary principles and utilizes literary criticism, logic, argumentation, and persuasion to analyze and compare the content and validity of social problems. This course specifically explores how the media and scientific community collect, interpret, and report social data. Combining critical thinking tools with the sociological perspective will help students to question the assumptions that surround social phenomena and influence human behavior. A field trip may also be included at the discretion of the instructor. Field trips may require a nominal fee. Additionally, virtual field trips may � � � � � � � � Sociology 543 COSUMNES RIVER COLLEGE 2025-2026 Official Catalog be listed as an alternative to meet the same objectives as a face-to-face (on-ground) course. 