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Apr 23, 2024
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Spring 2014 Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PHYSC 134H - Science, Pseudoscience and Critical Thinking - Honors 3 credits
A reading and discussion intensive course that provides the non-science major with the framework to explore how modern scientists develop and examine their ideas. The course will focus on non-mathematical explorations of critical thinking techniques, scientific methods, pseudoscience and extraordinary claims, peer review, hypothesis testing, the media portrayal of science, and why a scientific theory is not “just a theory.”
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: Reading Score 80 (placement test) or successful completion of course READ 105.
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