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Delivery mode: Individualized study or grouped study.
Credits: 3 - Humanities
Prerequisite: None.
Centre: Centre for Global and Social Analysis
PHIL 152 is not available for challenge.
PHIL 152 is a preparatory course in critical thinking that focuses on comprehension tools and skills and the development of critical capacities in application to both reading and writing. The course teaches an active, critical approach to the student's own written work.
PHIL 152 comprises the following ten units. Units 1 to 5 focus on comprehension tools and skills. Units 6 to 10 focus on the development of critical capacities in application to both reading and writing.
Unit 1: Introduction: Purpose, Topic, and Main Idea
Unit 2: Reading Actively
Unit 3: What Does it Mean? Understanding Complicated Sentences
Unit 4: Writing Functions and the Organization of Ideas
Unit 5: Integrated Reading, Writing, and Thinking
Unit 6: Critical Thinking: Relevance and Completeness
Unit 7: Standards of Evaluation
Unit 8: More Standards of Evaluation
Unit 9: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
Unit 10: Focus on Argumentation
To receive credit for PHIL 152, you must complete all assignments required and achieve a composite course grade of at least “D” (50 percent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
Exercise 1 | Exercise 2 | Exercise 3 | Exercise 4 | Course Project | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10% | 10% | 20% | 20% | 40% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Flachmann, Kim, Michael Flachmann, and Alexandra MacLennan. 2004. Reader's Choice. 4th Canadian ed. Toronto: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Mayfield, Marlys. 2004. Thinking for Yourself: Developing Critical Thinking Skills Through Writing, 6th ed. Boston: Thompson Heinle.
The course materials also include two study guides and a student manual.