ABS 309 Critical Thinking & Writing

This intensive writing course equips students with skills that assist them in thinking critically and writing descriptively about social and behavioral life experiences. Students learn key elements of writing effectively within the social and behavioral sciences, including engaging beginnings, summarization, arguments and counter-arguments, evidence, analysis, and conclusions. This course is designed to support and challenge the student in strengthening academic writing and critical thinking skills. Pre-requisite(s): Admission to the Applied Behavioral Sciences B.A. program; or permission of Program Chair or designate. Co-requisite(s): None. 2 quarter hours