Evelyne Weeks

CRTW 201

SPRING 2006 

 

M

Jan. 9

Course introduction

Assignment: Nosich, Pages 1-19.

Reading Journal Assigned

W

Jan. 11

Kersey Temperament Sorter

What do we Believe?

Discussion topic: Education

Assignment: Nosich, Pages 19-85

M

Jan. 16

Martin Luther King holiday. No classes.

W

Jan. 18

The Circle of Elements (from Nosich)

Impediments to Critical Thinking

How do we Read?

Assignment: Nosich Chap. 3

F

Jan. 20

Last day to choose/change S/U option

M

Jan. 23

Thinking within a Discipline

Critical Thinking Outcomes & Traits

Assignment: Nosich, Pages 135-155

W

Jan. 25

Standards workshop

Turn in Reading Journal

Assignment: Nosich, Pages 155-168

Assignment: Fukuyama, Our Posthuman Future Chap. 1

M

Jan. 30

Logical Fallacies

Assignment: Fukuyama, Chap. 2

W

Feb. 1

Assignment: Fukuyama, Chap.  3 & 4

M

Feb. 6

Assignment: Fukuyama, Chap. 5

W

Feb. 8

Discussion of topic for In-class Writing

Assignment: Fukuyama, Chap. 6

M

Feb. 13

In-class Writing

Assignment: Fukuyama, Chap. 7

Last day to drop with automatic ‘N’

W

Feb. 15

Embryonic Stem Cell Research Debate

Assignment: Fukuyama, Chap. 8 & 9

M

Feb. 20

Genetic Engineering Debate

 

W

Feb. 22

Cloning Debate

Researched Argument Assigned

Assignment: Nosich, Pgs. 171-201

M

Feb. 27

Gattaca  (this week) Times to be announced

In-class Writing Workshop

Turn in Reading Journal

Internet Assignment

Assignment: Fukuyama, Chap. 10

W

March 1

Internet Presentations

MLA Documentation Workshop

Assignment: Fukuyama, Chap. 11

 

M

March 6

Assignment: Fukuyama, Chap. 12

W

March 8

Gattaca/Fukuyama  Paper assigned

Researched Argument Due

M

March 13

Spring Break

W

March 15

Spring Break

F

March 17

Spring Break

M

March 20

Ridley (from GNED 102)

In-class writing assigned

Turn in Reading Journal

W

March 22

In-class writing

Advising begins

M

March 27

Nosich Revisited

Assignment: Review Nosich Chap. 3

W

March 29

Gattaca/Fukuyama  Paper Due

Critical Thinking & Reading Within Your Discipline

M

April 3

Oral Presentations

W

April 5

Oral Presentation

Registration begins

M

April 10

TBA

W

April 12

Organization in Fukuyama

Argument workshop

M

April 17

Last day to withdraw from a class

W

April 19

Workshop for final exam

M

April 24

Last day of classes

Turn in Reading Journal

T

April 25

Study day; exams begin at 6:30 pm