Hey below I have given you the syllabus for the Critical Thinking for the Kannur University so you can have a look , it is a common course for all the UG courses


. COURSE OUTLINE

MODULE – 1 (15 HOURS): INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING

A. Introduction to Critical Thinking: Benefits of Critical Thinking -Barriers to Critical Thinking

B. Arguments: What is and what is not of argument -Recognizing Argument – Evaluation of Arguments -Deductive and Inductive argument -

C. What are fallacies: Fallacies of relevance – appeal to emotion – the appeal to pity – the appeal to force – the argument against the person – irrelevant conclusion

D. Critical thinking and evaluation of sources – social influence and critical thinking – Persuasion, conformity and Critical Thinking – Critical thinking and Prejudices.

MODULE – 2 (15 HOURS): THINKING AND WRITING CRITICALLY
Characteristics of Critical and Analytical Thinking – language of critical thinking – strategies and steps for critical thinking – Sense of audience – Precision and Clarity, Selection of Relevance – Sequencing of arguments -Sign posting, Conventions in Critical Thinking -Evaluating Critical Writing
Note: Lectures should be complemented by appropriate activities mentioned text. in the core

MODULE -III (20 HOURS): THE PROCESS OF WRITING:
Researching Resources for writing: collection of Data – Print resources -Library, Net sources, Individuals

A. Reading for writing: Strategies for active writing – Dictionary use – Annotate

B. Mechanics of Writing: Develop a plan from title – Evaluating a text -note-making and Note taking, paraphrasing, summary-writing – Planning a text: organizing paragraphs, main body, introduction, conclusion, rewriting, proof reading – Elements of writing: cause and effect, cohesion, comparison, definition, discussion, examples, generalization, statistical data, references, quotations, style-synonyms, visual information: Charts, tables etc

C. Accuracy in writing: Abbreviation, Articles: singular and Plural, determiners and nouns, Irregular plurals -propositions – phrasal verbs – Modal verbs – Conveying ability, necessity, advisability, possibility, probability etc -Tenses – Voice – adverbs and adjectives, conjunctions, formality in verbs, -nationality-language, time words nouns and adjectives, prefixes, suffixes.

MODULE IV: (15 HOURS) Writing models: formal letters, Curriculum Vitae, Job application,
Reports -Designing and Reporting Surveys, Seminar Reports -Project reports,
Documentation
MODULE – V: Presentation Skills (25 HOURS)
A. Soft Skills for Academic Presentations: Theory -The audience -primary and secondary
and their knowledge and expectations -the objective of the presentation -choosing the
appropriate medium for presentation -techniques of effective presentation -Structuring
the presentation -visual presentation aids, handouts, Power point presentation, L.C.D -
Clarity and persuasion -Non verbal communication -Opening and Closing – Time
Management.
B. Practice in presenting Seminar Papers: Group work is recommended – in a class with 60
students, a seminar paper may be prepared and presented by a group of three students
in one class, leaving 30 minutes for presentation and 30 minutes for discussion. Each
group gets one occasion for presentation. The topic for the seminar should be discussed
at the beginning of the course, ensuring coverage of a wide variety of issues of
contemporary relevance; thereby helping to supplement areas covered in Common
Courses 3 & 4.
Note: Course work should focus on the practice of the four skills: listening, speaking,
reading and writing.