Campus & Apothecary Shoppe
5005 S. Macadam Ave.
Portland, OR 97239
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Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PST
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(800) 487-8839
503-244-0726
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Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. PST
Note: This course was previously called ENG 100 College Writing, Research Literacy and Critical Thinking.
PHL 101 Think Smarter! Strengthening Reasoning and Writing Skills is a practical course to help you build the critical thinking and communication skills necessary for academic and professional success. In this course, you will learn specific critical thinking strategies to refine your approach to reading, reasoning, writing, and evaluating information. For example, you will learn how to differentiate critical thinking from ordinary thinking; how to apply critical thinking strategies to the research and writing process (e.g., ambiguity, bias, assumptions, fallacies, and counter arguments); how to ethically use sources in the research and writing process; how to analyze primary and secondary research for credibility; and how writing choice (such as grammar, words choice, and punctuation) influence communication and credibility.
Apply critical thinking concepts and strategies to comprehensively explore concepts and information before drawing conclusions or making decisions.
Distinguish the components of arguments and the structure of scholarly writing to demonstrate an understanding of their function.
Utilize information literacy skills to locate and evaluate credible and scholarly sources to investigate a research question.
Develop strategies to organize, record, and evaluate sources in order to determine relevance and value.
Demonstrate the ability to integrate and cite sources within academic writing using APA style to reflect academic integrity.
Identify issues with credibility and reliability of sources to avoid use of misinformation.
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5005 S. Macadam Ave.
Portland, OR 97239
Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PST
(800) 487-8839
503-244-0726
Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. PST