Engineering Critical Thinking

A critical thinking course for science and engineering students. Analyze, criticize, and reason inductively and deductively and reach well-supported factual or judgmental conclusions. Main topics include: identifying topics for investigation, developing planning strategies, locating pertinent information, critically analyzing sources of information, testing hypotheses, synthesizing and organizing results for effective written and verbal communication. Students will complete a hands-on experience with a client-centered engineering design project to develop critical thinking skills.