Assignments+and+Readings

Week 1



Week 2

1. Write a 300-400 word account of an experience in which you used critical thinking to help you deal with a life problem or issue more effectively. Be specific about the details of how your example represents the best example of your critical thinking skills. 2. Write a 300-400 word account of an experience in which you could have used critical thinking and didn’t. What would you do differently?
 * Diagnostic Writing exercise should be e-mailed to the instructor ****rmeredith3@q.com**** by Saturday 4/3 9AM **

Week 4
 * Quiz 2 Due Saturday 4/17 midnight by e-mail attachment to **rmeredith3@q.com** .**

Week 5
 * __Homework Week 5:__** Read //Voluntary Simplicity// article. Bring hardcopies of the completed Worksheet to Thursday’s class.

====**A** **nalytic Essay proposal due by 9AM Saturday 4/24 as an e-mail attachment to** **rmeredith3@q.com****. Instructions for proposal are on Wiki page.** **I will return it by e-mail with comments by Monday evening.** Late proposals will receive credit but no comments from me. ====

Week 6 **Quiz 3 Due Monday 4/26 9AM by e-mail attachment to **rmeredith3@q.com** .**

Tuesday:[|Emotional Intelligence] Please Complete a worksheet on this article. Quiz 4 will be based on this reading.

Thursday: In class work on Essay. Please bring copy of your proposal and research documents to class. You may also bring your laptop to work in class. **WiFi is iffy in the classroom.**
 * First draft of Analytic Argument Essay to me by 9AM Saturday 5/8 as an e-mail attachment to** ****rmeredith3@q.com******. I will return it by e-mail with comments by Monday evening.** Late papers will receive credit but no comments from me.

Week 7 Morality and Critical Thinking (the reading from Week 6 will be relevant here Tuesday: 12 Angry Men
 * Thursday: Revision of essay in class--you may breing your laptop to work on your essay in class. WiFi is iffy in the classroom.**

Week 8 Analytic Essay due Wednesday4/12 at Midnight. I will give late papers a 10 point penalty.


 * __Final Exam__:** 600 word essay answering the question “What I learned about how to live the Good Life.”
 * due 9AM Friday 4/14 by e-mail attachment to** **rmeredith3@q.com****. Warning: Any final exam submitted after that time will not be accepted for credit.**