ENGL 001CH - Honors Critical Think/Writing

    Recent Professors
    Nils Michals, Danielle Shaw, Christina Stevenson
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
    Class Size
    25 students
    Difficulty
    7.2Heavyout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Spring 2025 Sections
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    Transfers To
    Not transferable
    Description
    Prerequisite: ENGL 001A. Honors Critical Thinking and Writing uses the pedagogical methods common to all Honors courses: writing-intensive, collaborative, and experiential instruction. As an honors course, there is a focus on analytical writing and an emphasis on a higher degree of student participation and leadership in class discussions and other interactive teaching/learning techniques that are generally unsuitable for larger undergraduate classes. This course offers instruction and practice in methods of critical thinking and formal argument writing, emphasizing the following: the principles of classical argument structure and methods of reasoning; analysis and evaluation of rhetorical argument; identification of the assumptions underlying a given argument; identification and critique of fallacies in arguments; and analysis of language use and its implications in argument writing. Students in this course have the opportunity to practice critical thinking by writing substantive arguments, essays, and a documented research paper.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 12:30pm–1:55pm, Tue Thu 9:20am–10:45am