EDUC 501 - Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing 3 s.h.

This course will help students develop their critical thinking, reading, and writing skills as they interact with texts relevant to current topics in education. Students will study critical thinking theory and learn strategies that will help them extend and express critical insights into academic discourse, utilize self-reflective evaluation of critical literacy skills, develop reading comprehension and scholarly critical writing skills through the writing process, construct well-written critical essays, and confer and collaborate with peers to improve critical literacy skills.
Prerequisite(s): Degree graduate student status.