Contra Costa College
Request for COURSE/CATALOG NON-SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE – revised 04/14
Please mark an "X" in the box of the item that has been revised.
X Course Catalog/Schedule Title
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INACTIVATION of a course
Department
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PROGRAM - Course Number
X Grade Option
AA/AS Degree Requirements/Transfer
X Course Catalog/Schedule Description
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REACTIVATION of a course
Reason for Revisions or Inactivation of Course:
We are adding descriptors to course objectives and course content to align with state C-ID requirements for
Speech/Communication Studies courses. We are also updating SLOs.
For all course revisions, except AA/AS Degree and Transfer revisions, please attach the following items:
1. New revised Outline
2. Old Outline
3. Pre/Co-requisite/Advisory Validation Form (if applicable)
CURRENT COURSE INFORMATION (Fill in the current department/course number/title and only areas that are being revised)
Department: Speech
Date of Submission: 2/19/2015
Speech
121
Critical
Thinking
Course Number:
Title:
54
Lab:
HBA:
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X Letter
Student Choice
Pass/No Pass
Grade Option:
Open entry/open exit
Pre-requisite(s):
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CHANGE TO: Check box and fill in those parts that are being revised.
Department:
PROGRAM - Course Number:
X Course Catalog Title (limited to 38 character spaces): Critical Thinking and Persuasion
X Course Schedule Title (limited to 31 character spaces): Critical Thinking & Persuasian
X Course Catalog Description: (Type new course description in expanding box below)
This course provides students with the opportunity to study the principles of reasoning and their application to the analysis and
evaluation of political and marketplace communication. It examines the structure of argument, underlying assumptions, the
quality of evidence used to support claims, the use of language, the discovery of formal and informal fallacies, and the effect of
print and electronic media on argumentation. The course examines historical and contemporary approaches to persuasive
messages. It also focuses on advocacy and the presentation of persuasive appeals, and learning to construct, deliver, and critique
persuasive messages. This course emphasizes the integration of critical thinking principles with techniques of effective written
and spoken argument.
Course Schedule Description (shortened version):
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Inactivate this course from catalog.
This inactivation affects a major or certificate (Submit a Change of Major form and/or notify the affected department)
This inactivation affects the Liberal Arts major (Check the major below, and notify the Counseling Department Chair)
Communication in the English Language
Math and Science
Arts & Humanities
Social &Behavioral Science
Please check ALL other Areas that will be affected by the revision, inactivation, or transfer of this course:
CCC Degree Requirements: GE - Area
Elective only
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CSU transfer: GE-Area
American Institutions
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Transfer Major
X UC
transfer: UC state-wide system
UC Davis
UC Berkeley
UC Letters & Sciences - Area
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IGETC:
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This revision becomes effective:
Spring, 2015
Semester/Year
This revision should be published in: (Check one and note Fiscal Year/Year)
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Summer/Fall Catalog
Spring Catalog Addendum
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APPROVAL SIGNATURES
(Please Print Name/Signature)
Faculty Originator
Department Chair:
DIC Chair:
Division Dean:
CIC Chair:
VP of Instruction or designee:
Distribution:
Sherry Diestler
Sherry Diestler
Date:
Date:
Date:
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Date:
2/19/2015
Instruction Office (original), Articulation Office, Admissions and Records Office, Faculty Originator,
Department Chair, and Division Office