Goals for CRTW 201

 

 

 

 

 

When you complete your work in CRTW 201, you should be able

  • To demonstrate that the complex process of critical thinking is a part of all we do and that the process relies on such skills as observing, listening, reading, and writing.

  • To use writing, reading, speaking, and critical thinking to foster intellectual growth in an academic environment.

  • To recognize critical thinking and problem solving strategies in different academic disciplines and for different audiences.

  • To evaluate arguments, evidence, and the contexts in which they appear.

  • To prepare for writing by carefully analyzing evidence.

  •  To plan, organize, and develop essays based on introspection, general observation, deliberation, research, and the critical reading of mature prose texts drawn from varied disciplines.

  • To recognize individual writing voices and learn how those voices can be adapted to fit different audiences and rhetorical situations.

  • To revise effectively by completely rethinking, restructuring, and rewriting essays.

  • To demonstrate improved oral communication skills in class discussions and small group activities.

You must earn at least a C-  or S in CRTW 201 to demonstrate you have achieved these goals. The grading scale will remain A, B, C, D, F, or N (no credit);  you must repeat CRTW 201 if you earn less than a C. If you have not earned a C- or S in CRTW 201 by the time you have earned 75 credit hours, you may enroll for no more than twelve hours per semester and in no course numbered above 299 until you have earned at least a C in CRTW 201.

Successful completion of WRIT 101 and HMXP 102 with a grade of at least C-/S is a prerequisite for CRTW 201.

 

 

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