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Can someone tell me what CLEP/DSST exams would satisfy Charter Oak's Critical Thinking general education requirement? It's on page 45 of the current catalog. It states "0-3 cr" so does that mean it can be 0 credits ie. not required?
Critical Thinking ....................................................... 0-3 cr
Students will be able to organize, interpret, and evaluate ideas. May be met by taking any course in which a research paper, term paper, project or lab is required.
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jonasling Wrote:Can someone tell me what CLEP/DSST exams would satisfy Charter Oak's Critical Thinking general education requirement? It's on page 45 of the current catalog. It states "0-3 cr" so does that mean it can be 0 credits ie. not required?
Critical Thinking ....................................................... 0-3 cr
Students will be able to organize, interpret, and evaluate ideas. May be met by taking any course in which a research paper, term paper, project or lab is required.
Not a COSC student, but I don't believe a CLEP/DSST will satisfy the requirement. I believe you need to either take a Critical Thinking course, in which case you'd earn credits; or take a course w/a research paper, project or lab, in which case you would earn 0 credits.
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I cannot say for sure since I am not a COSC student, but I think that any of the following would satisfy this requirement:
DSST Ethics in America--3LL --WITH ESSAY (I think this would meet the ethics requirement and critical thinking requirement simultaneously)
If not, here's alternatives:
BYU PHIL 205 Deductive Logic--3LL
BYU PHIL 305 â Predicate Logic--3UL
OHIO PHIL 120 Principles of Reasoning--2.67LL
BYU Independent Study:
http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/courses/se...t=85#to_course
Ohio University Credit By Exam & Independent Study:
Combined
This is just a guess, so be sure to ask an adviser. This requirement isn't listed on their site where the other general education requirements are listed, so I am thinking it is either typical to be fulfilled along with another requirement, like I have listed with the DSST Ethics, or that it is okay not to fulfill it, in which case they should refer to it as a recommendation rather than a requirement. That makes it confusing!
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Just a thought...would the Comp exam with essay not constitute a "term paper"
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Thanks for your reply Alissa.
Any COSC students out there who's met this requirement?
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Joel Wrote:Just a thought...would the Comp exam with essay not constitute a "term paper"
I wondered that, too. But I chose the DSST Ethics because it is a philosophy exam, and all the critical thinking courses I found were classified as "philosophy" courses. That is why I thought that one might be more suitable.
If we don't hear from a COSC student to clarify, I'll send off an email asking about this tomorrow.
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From their website:
Master List of Exams
BA Social Sciences TESC 2009
Humanities 64 | Intro Sociology 74 | Intro Psychology 74 | College Mathematics 60 | H.G. & Dev. 66
A&I Literature 65 | Educational Psychology 71 | American Government 67 | US History I 67 | US History II 72
Social Sciences & History 65 | English Comp 63
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Civil War 61 | Substance Abuse 463 | Intro Computing 465 | Technical Writing 66 | Anthropology 66 | Prin. of Supervision 62
Enviro & Humanity 68 | Org Behavior 67 | Astronomy 60 | Ethics 467
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thatbrian Wrote:From their website: Master List of Exams
Does that mean that none of the exams satisfy the Critical Thinking requirement? The legend given has no Critical Thinking listed:
Key to General Education Letter Codes
Students who matriculated on or after July 1, 2005
a Literature
b Behavioral/Social Science
d Ethical Decision Making
e Written Communication
g Global Understanding
q Mathematics
n Non U.S. History/Culture
o Oral Communication
s Natural Science
u U.S. History/Government
y Information Literacy
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I belive it's: D
jonasling Wrote:Does that mean that none of the exams satisfy the Critical Thinking requirement? The legend given has no Critical Thinking listed:
Key to General Education Letter Codes
Students who matriculated on or after July 1, 2005
a Literature
b Behavioral/Social Science
d Ethical Decision Making
e Written Communication
g Global Understanding
q Mathematics
n Non U.S. History/Culture
o Oral Communication
s Natural Science
u U.S. History/Government
y Information Literacy
BA Social Sciences TESC 2009
Humanities 64 | Intro Sociology 74 | Intro Psychology 74 | College Mathematics 60 | H.G. & Dev. 66
A&I Literature 65 | Educational Psychology 71 | American Government 67 | US History I 67 | US History II 72
Social Sciences & History 65 | English Comp 63
DSST
Civil War 61 | Substance Abuse 463 | Intro Computing 465 | Technical Writing 66 | Anthropology 66 | Prin. of Supervision 62
Enviro & Humanity 68 | Org Behavior 67 | Astronomy 60 | Ethics 467
ECE
World Population A | Research Methods in Psychology A | Adulthood & Aging A | Gerontology A | UExcel Political Science B
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I did send an email asking about this last Thursday afternoon. I will report back here when I receive a reply.
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