Critical Thinking Skills

Issued by Cal State East Bay

Earners of this badge have successfully completed the General Education Subarea, A3. Students understand the logic and its relation to language, elementary inductive and deductive reasoning, and formal and informal fallacies; distinguish among different sorts of claims; develop the ability to identify, analyze, evaluate, and present arguments, and construct arguments both to support and refute claims; and develop the ability to reason inductively and deductively.

Type Validation
Time Months

Skills

Analyze Arguments
Construct Arguments
Critical Thinking
Deductive Reasoning
Distinguish Claims
Evaluate Arguments
Identify Arguments
Logical Language
Refute Claims

Earning Criteria

The A3 course must be passed with a C- (CR) or better satisfy GE Subarea A3. Any approved A3 course with an In Progress Grade (i.e., I, RP, or RD) will not be counted in Subarea A3 until a passing final course grade is posted.