ENGL C1001: Critical Thinking and Writing
Units: 4
Prerequisites: ENGL C1000.
Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in ENGL C1001H, ENGL 202, or ENGL 202H.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 4 hours.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
In this course, students receive instruction in critical thinking for purposes of constructing, evaluating, and composing arguments in a variety of rhetorical forms, using primarily non-fiction texts, refining writing skills and research strategies developed in ENGL C1000 Academic Reading and Writing (C-ID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course. Content includes methods of analysis; principles of logic, including the relationship between language and logic; techniques of reasoning, including the use of evidence; techniques of style; and research skills. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for ENGL C1001, ENGL C1001H, ENGL C1001, or ENGL C1001H. (Formerly ENGL 202). C-ID ENGL-105.