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Critical Thinking
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ONE of the following courses:
AIS 115 - American Indians, Colonialism, and Critical Thinking
Utilizes skills first, active learning and Indigenous methodologies to approach critical
thinking through current events and ethical issues that impact Indigenous communities.
Draws from philosophical scholarship from disciplines like ethnic studies, environmental
studies, legal, and gender studies. Enacts critical thinking skills through engaging
with both Western and Indigenous paradigms of critical thinking, critically evaluating
academic and non-academic research, and making well-formed arguments regarding philosophical
concepts such as sovereignty, land, research ethics, decolonization, Indigenous feminisms,
and cultural reclamation.
GEW 101A - Writing as Critical Inquiry
Focuses on critical reading and thinking as foundational skills for academic writing.
Emphasizes information literacy in the analysis of a variety of texts and in the practice
of reading and composing in multiple genres. Includes a multi-draft writing process
that requires revision in response to peer and instructor feedback.
LING 101 - Mysteries of Human Language: An Introduction to Linguistics
Introduces the richness and diversity of language, how languages work, and how the
study of language provides insights into the human mind. Covers foundational concepts
in core areas of linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics,
sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, neurolinguistics, language acquisition,
and bilingualism), and analyzes how languages are similar and different from each
other.
LTWR 115 - Critical Reading and Writing
Critical thinking through reading and written analysis of various genres of writing.
Special attention to the use of metaphoric language, the function and meaning of symbols,
the structure of arguments, the use of logic, and the value of imaginative writing,
particularly in relationship to ethical and moral questions.
MATH 110 - Critical Thinking
Critical thinking in decision-making. Formal and informal fallacies of language and
thought; the often unreliable guide of common-sense reasoning; analysis and criticism
of ideas; distinction between fact and judgment, belief and knowledge; inductive and
deductive arguments; and effective techniques of decision-making. Students will learn
critical thinking skills to apply to common issues of everyday life.
PHIL 110 - Critical Thinking
A survey of concepts and methods geared to the advancement of skills in critical thinking.
Subject matter includes the nature of critical thinking; the relations between logic
and language; the relations between rhetorical persuasion and rational argumentation;
the nature of word definition; the practical functions of language; the structure
of arguments, deductive and inductive; the difference between valid and invalid, or
strong and weak reasoning; methods for analyzing and evaluating arguments; common
argumentative fallacies; basic symbolic logic.
PSYC 110 - Critical Thinking in Psychology
An introduction to critical thinking skills as they are applied in the science of psychology.
Basic critical thinking skills covered include logical inferences and fallacies, distinguishing
fact from opinion, scientific reasoning and interpreting research findings. Emphasis
will be on using critical thinking skills to examine a number of contemporary issues
involving human behavior, such as hypnosis, ESP, subliminal perception, persuasion
and propaganda, drug legalization, AIDS prevention, and the effects of television.
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Statistics
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MATH 200 - Mathematical Statistics for Nursing
Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics and basic probability theory.
Focuses on examples from life and health sciences. Includes histograms, stem- and
dotplots, measuring center and spread, scatterplots, correlation, regression, two-way
tables, parameter estimation, confidence intervals, t-test, and chi-square test. Introduces
discrete and continuous probability model, random variables, normal, binomial, and
Poisson distribution, and basic counting principles. Provides the necessary properties
of exponential and logarithmic functions.
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Chemistry with lab
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CHEM 105 - General, Organic, and Biochemistry for Life
Covers the basic principles of general, organic and biochemistry as applied to the
biochemistry, pathophysiology, pharmacology and nutrition of human body systems. Intended
for students pursuing a degree in a variety of health-related areas such as nursing.
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CHEM 105L - General, Organic, and Biochemistry for Life Laboratory
Covers the basic principles of weight and volume measurements, solutions, suspensions,
colloids, osmosis, energy of biochemical transformations, buffered solutions, the
properties of acids and bases and pH balance in the biochemistry of human body systems.
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