Course Title: INVEST Critical Thinking
Title Abbreviation: INVEST CRIT THINKING
Department: INV
Course #: 35
Credits: 2
Variable: No
IUs: 2
CIP: 320401
EPC: n/a
REV: 2018
Course Description
Students gain skills and practice in evaluating information from a variety of sources to make informative decisions relating to learning, life choices, and employment.
Prerequisite
None
Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)
Lecture: 22
Lab: 0
Other: 0
Systems: 0
Clinical: 0
Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:
Academic Required for certificate
Equivalencies At Other Institutions
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
General Education Learning Values & Outcomes
Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.
2. Critical Thinking
Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 2.3 Identify, interpret, and evaluate pertinent data and previous experience to reach conclusions. 2.4 Evaluate decisions by analyzing outcomes and the impact of actions. 2.8 Describe how one’s own preconceptions, biases and values affect one’s response to new and ambiguous situations.
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