COMM 4033 - Critical Thinking and Argumentation

Credits: 3
The study of critical thinking and human information processing. Students will learn to recognize and avoid the common fallacies committed in everyday discussion, the news media, advertising, law, politics, and science. They shall become acquainted with various logical, rhetorical, and linguistic moves which are used in argument. As a result, students should acquire a more realistic (less naive) view of the world, society and political systems. As students learn their way around rational discussion and argument, they will become more confident and effective critics of others’ positions and a better defender of their own position as well as becoming more aware of their own views and habits.

Prerequisites: COMM 1013
Offering: Fall-Even Term

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COMM 4033 - Critical Thinking and Argumentation