Course Description Critical thinking is a disciplined, rational, informed, and open-minded thought process. Using critical thinking, students evaluate issues of morality, advertising, media, science, and politics. By applying active and disciplined thinking to current issues, students deepen their knowledge and understanding of both the issues, as well as themselves. Course Content • Ethics and moral decision-making • Media literacy • Research methodology and the scientific method • Democracy and social contract theory • Argument development • Research and inquiry Course Evaluation • Assignments 60% • Tests 40%