aREA E1 COURSES	CRITICAL THINKING OUTCOME COMPONENTS
	QUESTION/ISSUE	METHOD	EVIDENCE	CONCLUSION
POLS 1101	Description: Students in POLS 1101 are required to view and summarize three Lyceum guest lectures in three essay formatted assignments. Evidence: Three completed Lyceum assignments	Description: Each guest lecturer speaks on a current political topic relevant to the POLS 1101 course outline. Students will apply deductive reasoning in their assignments. Evidence: Factual summary and evaluation of guest lecture.	Description: Students are to factually describe the topics discussed in each guest lecture, and evaluate the information and opinions expressed by a guest lecturer. Evidence: Factual summary and evaluation of guest lecture	Description: Students are to reach conclusions regarding the efficacy of each presentation and may express their personal opinion s regarding the lecture topic. Evidence: Factual summary and evaluation of guest lecture.
HIST 2111 or HIST 2112	Description:         Students are required to identify and critically evaluate primary and secondary historical sources. Evidence: Successful completion of exams requiring identification and evaluation; Research projects requiring the use of primary and secondary sources; or Completion of primary source document analysis worksheets developed by the National Archives and Records Administration	Description: Students are expected to analyze historical artifacts—written documents, photographs, cartoons, posters, maps, sound recordings, motion pictures—presented in their course readings or in class settings or on the internet. Evidence: Successful completion of exams requiring identification and evaluation; Research projects requiring the use of primary and secondary sources; Completion of primary source document analysis worksheets developed by the National Archives and Records Administration	Description: Students, individually and collectively, are to identify and critically analyze various historical documents throughout the course. Evidence: Successful completion of exams requiring identification and evaluation; Research projects requiring the use of primary and secondary sources; Completion of primary source document analysis worksheets developed by the National Archives and Records Administration	Description: Students are to reach conclusions regarding each document identified, analyzed and interpreted. Evidence: Successful completion of exams requiring identification and evaluation; Research projects requiring the use of primary and secondary sources; Completion of primary source document analysis worksheets developed by the National Archives and Records Administration
AREA E2 COURSES
SOCI 1101 or	Description: All students are required to formulate hypotheses to be tested using social science data. Classroom discussions include application of social theories to current social issues. Evidence: Student workbook grades, essays, and  exam grades	Description: Students use scientific method and statistics to formulate and test hypotheses. And, social research methods are taught in class and covered in the text. Evidence: Student workbook grades and exam grades	Description: Students are required to cite and produce research results to support social theories. Evidence: Computer workbook essay question grades, student essays, and exam grades.	Description: Students must use draw conclusions about theories and hypotheses that are consistent with the evidence. Evidence: Computer workbook grades, essays, and exam grades.
PSYC 1101	Description: An article analysis assignment is given that requires students to specify the hypothesis for an assigned research article. Evidence:  The student work submitted provides evidence.	Description: In the article analysis assignment, students must determine whether the method used is correlational or experimental; if the method is experimental, independent and dependent variables must be specified. Evidence: The student work submitted provides evidence.	Description:  The article analysis assignment requires the student to specify the data/results collected in the study analyzed.  Variables controlled and those that should have been controlled are identified, along with any potentially confounding variables Evidence:  The student work submitted provides evidence.	Description:  The article analysis assignment requires the student to describe the conclusions reached in the study analyzed and to specify whether or not the conclusions are appropriate based upon the research method used. Evidence:  Student work submitted provides evidence.
AREA E3 COURSES
SOSC 2501	Description: Students are required to critically evaluate social science questions/issues. Evidence: Successful completion of various types of  essays, research projects, and presentations	Description:Students are required to choose alternatives from the available issue options. Evidence: Successful completion of various types of essays, research projects, and presentations.	Description: Students are required to gather evidence to support a perspective about the questions/issues they are dealing with. Evidence: Successful completion of various types of essays, research projects, and presentations.	Description: Students must be able to reach conclusions that are supported by evidence, logically constructed, and clearly stated. Evidence: Successful completion of various types of essays, research projects, and presentations.
HIST 1111 or  HIST 1112	Description: Students are required to identify and critically evaluate primary and secondary historical sources. Evidence:  Successful completion of exams requiring identification and evaluation; Research projects requiring the use of primary and secondary sources; or Completion of primary source document analysis worksheets developed by the National Archives and Records Administration	Description: Students are expected to analyze historical artifacts—written documents, photographs, cartoons, posters, maps, sound recordings, motion pictures—presented in course readings or in class settings. Evidence:  Successful completion of exams requiring identification and evaluation; Research projects requiring the use of primary and secondary sources; Completion of primary source document analysis worksheets developed by the National Archives and Records Administration	Description: Students, individually and collectively, are to identify and critically analyze various historical documents throughout the course. Evidence: Successful completion of exams requiring identification and evaluation; Research projects requiring the use of primary and secondary sources; Completion of primary source document analysis worksheets developed by the National Archives and Records Administration	Description: Students are to reach conclusions regarding each document identified, analyzed and interpreted. Evidence:    Successful completion of exams requiring identification and evaluation; Research projects requiring the use of primary and secondary sources; Completion of primary source document analysis worksheets developed by the National Archives and Records Administration