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700.606.01
Critical Reasoning for Bioethics II

Location
East Baltimore
Term
2nd Term
Department
Berman Institute (Bioethics)
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2019 - 2020
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Monday, October 28, 2019
End Date
Friday, December 20, 2019
Class Time(s)
class will meet in Deering Hall
Monday, 5:30 - 7:20pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
This course strengthens critical reasoning skills that are widely used in bioethics research and practice, including identifying arguments, mapping those arguments, critically assessing those arguments, and critical writing.
This course builds on Critical Thinking in Bioethics Scholarship 1. It builds on student training in argument mapping, identifying common strengths and weaknesses of arguments and evaluating arguments, formulating good arguments and expressing them in text, and writing critical essays.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. 1.Extract arguments from written texts and visually map those arguments 2.Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of arguments3.Formulate good arguments and express them in text 4.Write a critical essay.
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 80% Assignments
  • 20% Participation
Enrollment Restriction
Restricted to MBE students, Bioethics PhD students, and Berman Institute Post-Doctoral Fellows