ENG220 — Communicating About Ideas and Values
ENG 220 - Communicating About Ideas and Values ENG 220 - Communicating About Ideas and Values A seminar in critical thinking, designed as a capstone for students finishing their time at the college. Readings will range from ancient to contemporary sources. Topics chosen by individual instructors. Coursework will address major interdisciplinary academic questions, which may include identity, knowledge, authenticity, origins, consciousness, memory, the limits of language, the legitimacy of institutions and others. Students will situate their own thinking within the set of contexts laid out within the course as they cultivate curiosity while perceptively evaluating the ideas of others with respect and candor. Oral and written assignments will be required. Identify, analyze, and evaluate ideas, data, and arguments as they occur in their own or others’ work. Acknowledge limitations such as perspective and bias. Develop well-reasoned (logical) arguments to form judgments and/or draw conclusions. Demonstrate knowledge of the conventions and methods of at least one of the humanities. Recognize and analyze nuance and complexity of meaning through critical reflections on text, visual images, or artifacts.
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- Accounting: A.S.
- Business: Business Administration: A.S.
- Business Administration: International Business: A.S.
- Sports Management: A.S.
- Dental Hygiene: A.A.S.
- Health Sciences: A.S.
- Adolescence Education Studies: A.S.
- Early Childhood: A.A.S.
- Individual Studies: A.S.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences: A.A.
- Music: A.S.
- Music Recording and Production: A.S.
- Sport Studies: A.S.
- Visual Communication Arts: A.S.
- Computer Information Systems: A.A.S.
- Computer Science: A.S.
- Engineering Science: A.S.
- Environmental Science: A.S.
- Mathematics: A.S.