Recent ProfessorsNot yet assignedRecent SemestersNo scheduled sections on recordClass SizeNot publishedCredits3PrerequisiteENGL C1000 or ENGLISH 101 or 101X or 101Y or 101Z or E.S.L. 110 Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 1B · IGETC Area 1C · CSU GE Area A3DescriptionThis course is an introduction to critical thinking and seeks to explore the various steps in the critical thinking process. Topics covered include claims, logic, definitions, evidence, inductive and deductive reasoning, fallacies, language, and persuasion. Students will demonstrate their understanding of these critical concepts and processes through the analysis and construction of arguments, especially in research, written work and persuasive speeches that attends appropriately to audience, purpose, context, genre, and language conventions. Emphasis is placed on both how and why we make decisions as we do. 