ENGL C1001 - Critical Thinking and Writing

    Recent Professors
    Kathleen Nelson, Jennifer Wing, Linea Montiel, Lauren Flenniken, Kimberly Wolfe, Carlton Smith, Fergal O'Doherty, Katie Montagna and 23 more
    Recent Semesters
    Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025
    Class Size
    25 students
    Credits
    4
    Prerequisite
    Prerequisite: College-level composition (ENGL C1000/ ENGL C1000H/ ENGL C1000E/C-ID ENGL 100) or equivalent or ESL 110
    Summer 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 1B · IGETC Area 1B · CSU GE Area A3
    Description
    In this course, students receive instruction in critical thinking for purposes of constructing, evaluating, and composing arguments in a variety of rhetorical forms, using primarily non-fiction texts, refining writing skills and research strategies developed in ENGL C1000 College Reading and Writing (C-ID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course. The course emphasizes an awareness of language and its implications through rhetorical and semiotic analysis of language in context, as well as an awareness of principles of classical argument in light of the traditions of rational thought.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 10:15am–12:20pm, Tue Thu 12:30pm–2:35pm, Mon Wed 10:15am–12:20pm, Mon 2:45pm–4:50pm