PRST 311 Critical Thinking, Use of Research and Decision Making in the 21st Century (3)

This course examines the key concepts, models, attitudes and practices that support critical thinking and informed decision making in the 21^st century. A rapidly changing, complex and information rich environment has increased the challenge of identifying valid information, conducting logical and sufficiently comprehensive analysis, and making accurate predictions. Increasingly politicized and polarized mass media, the rise in narrow focus advocacy and extremism, and concerns about cognitive bias have generated an expanding set of competing arguments and approaches to determining fact. This course examines various approaches and develops competencies regarding the identification of valid information, logical analysis and argument, and informed decision making.
Prerequisite(s): Declared professional studies major or permission of the Assistant Dean for Professional Studies
Course Frequency: Fall