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COURSE OUTLINE |
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Tentative Schedule |
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Discuss syllabus and requirements for course.
Assignments: Read Chapter One and complete required log entries |
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Working toward goals |
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Making decisions |
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Analyzing issues |
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Assignments: Read Chapter Two and complete log entries.
Quiz on Chapters One and Two |
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Viewing situations from different perspectives |
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Video Discussions and Readings |
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Assignments: Read Chapter Three and complete log entries.
Midterm problem paper topic due. |
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Problem Solving Process |
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Assignments: Read Chapter Four and complete log entries.
Quiz on Chapters Three and Four |
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Organizing Experiences |
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Critical Thinking and Perceptions |
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Assignments: Read Chapter Five and Complete Log Entries |
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Knowledge and Truth |
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Beliefs Based on Direct and Indirect Experiences |
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Assignments: Read Chapter Six and Complete Log Entries.
Quiz on Chapters Five and Six |
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Communication and Evolution of Language |
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Sentence and Phrase Meaning |
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Midterm papers due.
Oral presentations and midterm exam. |
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Assignments: Read Chapter Seven and complete log entries. |
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Using language to clarify meaning |
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Language as influence |
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Assignments: Read Chapter Eight and complete log entries.
Quiz on Chapter Seven and Eight |
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Structure of concepts |
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Assignments: Read Chapter Nine and complete log entries. |
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Maps for writing |
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Comparative and analogical relationships |
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Assignments: Read Chapter Ten and complete log entries.
Quiz on Chapter Nine and Ten. |
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Reporting, inferring, judging |
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Assignments: Read Chapter Eleven and complete log entries. |
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Recognizing and evaluating arguments |
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Forms of arguments |
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Read Chapter Twelve and complete log entries.
Quiz on Chapters Eleven and Twelve |
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Empirical generalization |
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Fallacies or relevance |
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Thinking critically as a way of life. Discussion and videos. |
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Final exam |
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