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CRTW 201 focuses on critical reading, critical thinking,
and deliberative/ argumentative writing and builds upon the skills
you acquired in
WRIT 101 and refined in GNED 102. Human
beings are innate problem solvers; this course will encourage thought that is
more deliberate, analytical, thorough, informed, and creative. While this course
is predominately a writing course, we will use critical reading and critical
thinking as the springboards for the deliberative writing we produce. Critical
thinking, as this course defines it, is the process we use to identify a
problem, discover the possible causes of the problem, consider various
approaches to the problem, gather and evaluate opinions and evidence concerning
the problem, develop strategies for solving the problem, and propose and defend
a solution or partial solution to the problem. Along with
reading and writing, it is one of the key tools by which you make the
information you gain in your college education your own.
Successful critical thinking employs both inductive and
deductive reasoning, draws upon primary and secondary resources for evidence and
support, evaluates multiple viewpoints and methods, considers both the immediate
and the long-term consequences of actions, avoids errors in logic and method,
and recognizes the limitations that cultural experiences and individual
temperaments place on our perceptions. In this course you
will develop and strengthen your critical thinking skills through the analysis
of extended works of mature prose and demonstrate those improved skills through
both writing and speaking assignments.
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