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DATE |
TITLE |
TEXT PAGES |
COMMENTS |
Week 1
06/11 - 06/17
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1. Introduction: What is Critical
Thinking?
2. Critical Thinking and
Argumentative Writing, Part I |
Ch. 1
Ch. 2 |
Submit Letter of Agreement Online |
3. Critical Thinking and
Argumentative Writing, Part II
4. Evaluating Informative Claims,
Part I |
Ch. 2
Ch. 3 |
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Week 2
06/18 - 06/24
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5. Evaluating Informative claims,
Part II
6. Explanations, Part I |
Ch. 3
None |
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7. Explanations, Part II
8. Non-argumentative Persuasion,
Part I |
None
Ch. 4 |
Take Quiz #1 online
(due by Friday of week 2)
Quiz #1 covers: lessons 1 - 6
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Week 3
06/25 - 07/01
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9. Non-argumentative Persuasion,
Part II
10. Pseudo-reasoning, Part I |
Ch. 4
Ch. 5 |
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11. Pseudo-reasoning, Part II
12. Pseudo-reasoning, Part III |
Ch. 5
Ch. 6 |
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Week 4
07/02 - 07/08
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13. Understanding and Evaluating
Arguments, Part I
14. Recap - Midterm Review
(Ch. 1-7 of text) |
Ch. 7
None |
Take Quiz #2 online
(due by Friday of week 4)
Quiz #2 covers: Lessons 7 - 12
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15. Understanding and Evaluating
Arguments, Part II
16. Deductive Arguments, Part I |
Ch. 8
Ch. 8 |
Midterm Review,
Lesson 14
(Windows Media Presentation)
See the
for detail
Proctored exams due in Distance Learning Department no later than
this week. |
Week 5
07/09 - 07/15
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17. The Square of Opposition
18. Categorical Syllogisms, Part I |
Ch. 8
Ch. 8
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19. Categorical Syllogisms, Part I
20. Categorical Syllogisms, Part II |
Ch. 8
Ch. 8 |
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Week 6
07/16 - 07/22
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21. Inductive Arguments
22. Inductive Arguments (continued) |
Ch. 10
Ch. 10 |
Take Quiz #3 online
(due Friday of week 6)
Quiz #3 covers: Lessons 15 - 20 |
23. Causal Arguments
24. Causal Arguments (continued) |
Ch. 11
Ch. 11 |
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Week 7
07/23 - 07/29
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25. Moral Reasoning
26. Legal Reasoning |
Ch. 12
Ch. 12
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27. Aesthetic Reasoning
28. Recap - Final Review (Chapters
8
and 9, and 11-13 of textbook) |
Ch. 12
Ch. 12 |
Take Quiz #4 online
(due Tuesday of week 7)
Quiz #4 covers: Lessons 21 - 27
Required Project Paper and Extra Credit Assignments
due in the Distance Learning Department on or before
Thursday of week 7
Final Review (Windows
Media)
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Week 8
07/30 - 08/05
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FINAL EXAMINATION
The final examination will be online. |
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