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Each topic of the Arguments and
Knowledge I and II courses explicitly focuses on assisting students to
improve their:
1)
Critical Thinking skills: By
classroom discussions and requiring students to write essays, Arguments and
Knowledge courses help the students avoid groundless, confused, or
contradictory beliefs, and to appreciate the costs of holding and acting on
such beliefs. Thus, each course fosters an appreciation of the need
for clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance and sound evidence
by examining both some successes and failures drawn from the subject matter
of the designated discipline. These values enable students to think in an
organized and disciplined way.
2) Effective
Communication skills: The
above discussions and writing both supports and is supported by the
improvement of communication skills also sought by ENGL 191 and 192
courses.
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