PHIL V05 - Critical Thinking and Analytical Writing

    Recent Professors
    Debra Campbell
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025
    Class Size
    2–46 students
    Difficulty
    6.0Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    ENGL C1000
    Spring 2027 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 1B · IGETC Area 1B · CSU GE Area A3
    Description
    This course is a survey of and practice in reasoning, including analysis, critical reasoning, and synthesis, induction and deduction, and identification of assumptions and perspectives. Emphasis will be on both oral and written analysis and argumentation of issues involving fact, belief and value, and on common fallacies of thought, logic, and language.