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Critical Thinking & WrittenCommunication (ENG 2301)

Term: 2021-2022 Academic Year - Spring Semester

Faculty

Dr. Peter BORKOWSKI
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Courses ONLINE
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My name is Soufiane Lahmine, from the Center for Teaching and Learning, I’m the Senior Instructional Designer responsible for developing and managing online courses at AUI.

Your course will be available on Canvas LMS

It’s recommended to use an updated web browser but If you’re on-the-go there is a mobile APP that you could download and use very user-friendly).

https://aui.instructure.com/

Please, make sure to avoid https://aui.beta.instructure.com as it isn’t the live platform and any progress there will be lost within 1 week.

You will also find an introductory unit in each course named "Must know" where you will see some video tutorials that can help you with your online experience.

Should you encounter any problems in dealing with the platform or any technical issues, please do not hesitate to contact me at s.lahmine@aui.ma or online.courses@aui.ma.

For any help or question concerning the course content please contact your professor of the course that you could find near about the course.

P.S: Those are online self-paced courses; you don't have a specific schedule. (check due dates in the Canvas platform). Please, contact your professor to know more about the course. 

I hope you will enjoy this online experience.

Wishing you the best of luck in your learning journey at AUI.

Best regards, 

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Description

Pre-requisites: Successful completion of all SSK courses, ENG 1301 and COM 1301
This course is designed to perfect writing skills necessary to advanced undergraduate writing in the humanities and social sciences and especially to
improve students' abilities to write cogent argumentative prose in academic settings. It will build on the skills of clarity, coherence, and attention to audience and purpose established in ENG 1301 and COM 1301, and will emphasize the refinement of writers' abilities to incorporate research appropriately and gracefully into texts. The course will provide instruction and practice in the identification and analysis of the written and spoken argumentation of others.It includes exposure to and practice in a variety of approaches to argumentation, including those of Aristotle,Toulmin, Habermas, and Rogers.It includes instruction in identifying and framing issues, recognizing argument styles, reading argumentation, and identifying and a