Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking About Politics (PSCI 1000) is a general education course that focuses on teaching students the basic elements of critical and analytical thinking in a political setting. I taught this course in the summer of 2019 as an online course. See below for examples of the syllabus and essay rubrics.
PSCI 1050 Syllabus.pdfSyllabus
The syllabus for Critical Thinking as taught online in summer 2019
Essay One Assignment.pdfFirst Essay Rubric
The first essay assignment for the course asked students to begin thinking about how to use critical thinking and argumentation skills when discussing their own views
Essay Three.pdfFinal Essay Rubric
The first paper asked students to argue in favor of their own opinion, and the second to argue against it. The final paper required students to synthesize the two essays and provide counterpoints to arguments made in paper two.