CECS 100 - Critical Thinking in the Digital Information Age

(3 units)

Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL 100B or GE Written Communication (Area A2).

Help students develop critical thinking skills using technical software. Main topics include: identifying engineering issues for investigation, developing planning and problem solving strategies, locating pertinent information and examples, critically analyzing these sources, forming and testing hypotheses, synthesizing and organizing results for effective communication, and developing transferable problem solving skills.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours).

General Education: Lower Division A - English Language, Communication, and Critical Thinking