103C Critical Thinking In The Natural Sciences And Mathematics (3)
This three hour course is designed to be taken in conjunction with entry level
courses in Arts & Sciences disciplines. The course is designed to enhance
students' critical thinking and intellectual capacity, communication skills,
and life long learning strategies. Assignments and problem solving activities
in the course focus on developing thinking in the disciplines through
interactive class sessions, experiments, and problem solving applications. The
course is intended to be taught concurrently with a departmental course offered
in the Video Supplemental Instruction model. Numerous additional assignments
and activities enable students to both succeed in the departmental course and
develop transferable cognitive skills at the same time. Credit and grades for
the Arts and Sciences 103 course are based on a series of separate assignments
specifically designed to enable students to succeed academically in the current
and subsequent semesters. A&S 103 assignments would vary according to the
discipline course it is linked with, but would include numerous supplemental
readings, writing and problem solving activities done individually and in
groups/teams. Class attendance and participation are required. Only one of the
A&S 103 abc sequence may apply toward graduation requirements. Offered: Every
Semester.