PHIL-C115 - Logic/Critical Thinking Course Syllabus Overview TEXTBOOK: LOGIC and CONTEMPORARY RHETORIC, The Use of Reason In Everyday

Life: 11th. EDITION REQUIRED AUTHOR: HOWARD KAHANE and NANCY CAVENDAR ISBN # 9780495804116 Must have the 11th. Edition of Text book. Do not purchase the INTERNATIONAL EDITION as it does not have the required copy write information. Must have the US text book in order to do the home work. Book Store -- www.coastlinebookstore.com BEST WAY TO CONTACT ME: 1. Class Discussion Forum - Questions and Answers; 2. E-mail - rcovert@coastline.edu please post Philosophy C115 in the SUBJECT LINE as well as what you are e-mailing me about. Recommend you have your Coastline Student E-mail transmit to your home e-mail so that you have both. When you e-mail me, you must use your Coastline E-mail Address. Phone in DL Dept: 714.241.6116 ext11344, but I dont do my office hours in Distance Learning, - it is better to e-mail me for a quicker response. We will be having VIRTUAL OFFICE HOURS for the MID TERM/FINAL EXAM REVIEW. See the LESSONS SCHEDULE for the CHAT ROOM TIMES: Please use the Class Discussion Forum for everything except personal information {Grades, etc. should be e-mail questions} STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Students will produce a required project paperwhere they will be able to defend, recognize, analyze, and construct arguments using appropriate critical thinking in symbolic form. 2. Given various stimulus material, (i.e. video clips, magazines/newspaper Virtual Library articles), the student will be able to compare and construct philosophical thoughts related to cogent and fallacious reasoning. Copy the following sections immediately upon beginning this class: {1} Course Syllabus {2} Course Lessons {3} Lesson Schedule: {This gives you all of the due dates for completion of all work.} {4} Required Project Paper {Required to pass this course}. {5} Mid Term Exam/Mid Term Essay Questions Information {Required to pass this class} {6} Final Exam Information {Required to pass this course} {7} Extra Credits will be found at the bottom of the DISCUSSION FORUM

ASSIGNMENTS. {8} Assignments and Grading This should get you off to a great start in completing this course. I wish nothing but the best for you as students in my class. All assignments for this class are due 11:59 PM Sunday as given in either the Lesson Schedule of in the Discussion Forum. Quizzes

There will be 4 quizzes (15 Questions in each) Timed 30min: When to take these quizzes is listed on Lesson Schedule 1st Quiz after Chapter 3 15 points, 2nd Quiz after chapter 6 15 points, 3rd Quiz after chapter 9 15 points, 4th Quiz after chapter 12 15 points TOTAL POINTS - 60 Points Required Project Paper: Virtual Library Assignment Required Project Paper will be worth 100 Points. You will need to read Chapter 8 about the MARGIN-NOTE & SUMMARY METHOD OF STUDYING {page192} for help before you begin this project paper. YOU MAY WRITE ON ANY TOPIC THAT YOU WANT. Some students write on a topic that has to do with their work, like police, fire, or nursing, etc. Follow these instructions exactly: To access library resources 1. Go to http://coastline.edu/library If you have a problem with COASTLINE'S VIRTUAL LIBRARY, please contact the Librarian, Cheryl Stewart, at cstewart@coastline.edu . 2. Click on the Library Resources Login box 3. Use your MyCCC ID and password to log in 4. Select a database or resource from the list and begin research Begin your search for information 1. From the database search page, select the advanced search option tab at the top of the page 2. Enter an appropriate keyword in the first box 3. In the next box, indicate the database field you would like to search; that is, click on the down arrow and scroll through the list to the appropriate field 4. You may enter another keyword in the next empty box, for example the

title of the publication, if it will enable more relevant results 5. In the next box, indicate the appropriate field, in this case Publication title 6. Click on search and scan through the results to find an appropriate article 7. Click on Text+Graphics beneath the citation to view the full text document. 8. Article that you select must have 6 or more pages. 9. From the document page, you may email the document to yourself, read it online, print it or save it to disk. For assistance with research issues and library questions: Contact Cheryl Stewart, Librarian, 714.241.6117 or cstewart@coastline.edu Since you do not post your article to TURNITIN.COM, please copy and paste the URL where you found the article in the COASTLINE VIRTUAL LIBRARY. DO NOT TURN IN THE ARTICLE TO TURNITIN.COM NOR TO ME. IT IS ONLY FOR YOUR HELP. This may not to be a paper that you have turned in before for another class.

This is to be done in MS-WORD only, please. You will have a page where you have the AUTHOR'S THESIS & 10 REASONS FOR accepting the THESIS. See Chapter 8, the Margin-Note and Summary Method. THESIS = 1 point 10 REASONS FOR OR MORE = 10 points, SUMMARY-500 words or more = 39 points, EVALUATION = 50 points TOTAL POINTS = 100 points You only submit your completed paper to TURNITIN.COM. You will post your name on your paper, date, and site where you found it, and then you post below that your THESIS, 10 REASONS FOR on the first page, place your SUMMARY on the second page, and your PERSONAL EVALUATION on the third and fourth page.

You will have a page where you will list your Thesis and 10 or more reasons for, and post your SUMMARY which should be about 1 page {500 WORDS or MORE, should be like a book report}. This must be in your own words with NO QUOTES. Your EVALUATION should be about two pages {1,000 WORDS or more and should have many I statements SUCH AS "I BELIEVE THAT," "I FEEL THAT," "I DISAGREE WITH THE AUTHOR." "I AGREE WITH THE AUTHOR," etc.}. This should be in your own words. NO QUOTES. You will send the Thesis/10 or more Reasons for, the Summary, and the Evaluation to http://www.turnitin.com as follows

Directions for using Turnitin.com: 1. Go to http://www.turnitin.comto create your user profile or to log in. 2. Fill in required INFORMATION. 3. The course ID is 5204964, and the password is logic. The course ID will be given to you after the first week of class. 4. If you have any problems with Turnitin.com, contact Cheryl Stewart, Librarian, at 714.241.6117 or e-mail her at cstewart@coastline.edu. 5. Since you are not to have any QUOTES, you should not have a score of more than 0 percent RED in the plagiarism from TURNITIN.COM. 6. There will be no acceptance of LATE PAPERS per the Distance Learning Department. The REQUIRED Mid Term & REQUIRED Mid Term Essay Questions:

The REQUIRED Mid-Term {will cover Chapters 1 through 6}. The REQUIRED Mid-Term Exam will consist of 40 True and False and Multiple Choice {Each MC/TF = 2 POINTS} which will be taken online for a total of 80 points, and there is a time limit. The questions used will be randomly chosen from a text bank of at least 100 questions. REQUIRED Mid Term Essay Questions, consists of 6 questions, you will have 60 MINUTES for the REQUIRED Mid Term Essay Questions. This is the same amount of time that I gave when I was in the class room. There will be 6 Essay Questions, and they WILL HAVE 1 OR MORE TERMS THAT YOU WILL GIVE THE MEANING OF. The Time limit is 60 minutes with a 10 minute left warning. There can be not late assignments per the Distance Learning Department. REMINDER: The password for accessing the Mid Term Exam-Multiple choice is the section number of the course. Make sure that YOU are typing your 8 digit student ID number as the User ID and the 5 digit section number as the Password.

The REQUIRED Final Exam: The REQUIRED Final Exam will consist of 50 True and False and Multiple Choice with NO Essays. {Each MC/T/F QUESTIONS IS Worth 2 points each}. REQUIRED Final Exam {will cover Chapter 7 through Chapter 12} which will be taken on-line, and you will have a time limit.

YOU CAN NOT BE LATE TAKING THE FINAL EXAM AS YOU MUST COMPLETE IT BY 11:59 PM AS THIS IS DUE ON THE LAST DAY OF THE SEMESTER. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS AFTER 11:59 PM. You will have 60 MINUTES with a 10 minutes left warning. The questions used will be randomly chosen from a text bank of at least 100 questions. The password for accessing the exam is the section number of the course. Make sure that YOU are typing YOUR 8 digit student ID number as the User ID and the 5 digit section number as the Password. EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENTS:

You find the 5 POINT EXTRA CREDIT {YOUR INTRODUCTION OF YOURSELF} at the very bottom of the DISCUSSION FORUM ASSIGNMENTS. You will find the 10 POINT EXTRA CREDIT {WEST POINT ACADEMY ASSIGNMENT} at the very bottom of the DISCUSSION FORUM ASSIGNMENTS. HOMEWORK: It is recommended that you study using the following format:

Read the chapter through once. Read the chapter through a second time making notes in the margin. Make a summary of your margin notes, making sure not to add something that is not in the original text. Make an evaluation of the chapter. (You may find help with the )PHIL-C115 - Logic/Critical Thinking) Class Policies and Procedures For those of you enrolled in the online section:

Do not fall behind on assignments. It is difficult to catch-up when you fall behind. It is much better to be a little ahead. Assignment Deadlines Each lesson has a start date based on the difficulty of the assignment and a due date of MIDNIGHT Sunday. This is an accellerated 8-week course, so there may be several assignments due in a single week. Assignments in each lesson are due on or before Sunday of the same week. Deadlines for all assignments will be defined as MIDNIGHT on the Sunday. If you know you will not be available

to submit your assignment the day an assignment is due, please make sure to post it early. Any time you feel you might be falling behind in the course, it is best to contact me to discuss your situation. No assignments will be accepted after the final day of class. Withdrawal from Class Students assume the responsibility for completing each course in which she or he has registered. If a student wishes to withdraw from a course, it is the student's responsibility to officially withdraw following official procedures. Academic Honesty Coastline has the responsibility to ensure that grades assigned are indicative of the knowledge and skill level of each student. Acts of academic dishonesty make it impossible to fulfill this responsibility and weaken our society. Administrators, faculty and classified staff at Coastline all support this policy. Faculty have the primary responsibility to ensure that academic honesty is maintained in their classes. Students share that responsibility and are expected to refrain from all acts of academic dishonesty. The Coast Community College District Student Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures shall be applied to any violation of academic honesty. An instructor who has evidence that an act of academic dishonesty has occurred may, after speaking with the student, take one or more of the following disciplinary actions:

Issue an oral reprimand. Give the student an "F" grade or zero points or a reduced number of points on all or part of a particular paper, project or examination; lower the overall class grade; assign an "F" grade for the course. If you allow another student to copy your work, you will be subject to the same penalties as those indicated above. NOTE: A grade of "F" assigned to a student for academic dishonesty is final and shall be placed on the transcript. If the student withdraws from the course, a "W" will not replace an "F" assigned for academic dishonesty. Examples of Violations of Academic Honesty Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, the following: CHEATING:

Obtaining answers from another student before or during an examination. Communicating answers to another student during an examination. Knowingly allowing another student to copy one's work. Taking an examination for another student or having someone take an examination for oneself. Using unauthorized material during an examination. Sharing answers for a take-home examination unless otherwise authorized by the instructor. Altering a graded examination or assignment and returning it for additional credit. Receiving help in creating a speech, essay, report, project or paper unless otherwise authorized by the instructor. Turning in a speech, essay, report, project or paper done for one class to another class unless specifically authorized by the instructor of the second class. Misreporting or altering the data in laboratory or research projects.