700.606.01
Critical Reasoning for Bioethics II
Course Status
Discontinued
Course Status
Discontinued
Location
East Baltimore
Note: Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, this
course was held in a virtual/online format.
Term
2nd Term
Department
Berman Institute (Bioethics)
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2020 - 2021
Instruction Method
TBD
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
Resources
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.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