Semester Recap

Here's a list of major topics from our course to help you consolidate ideas and identify topics for discussion in your final paper.

Critical Thinking Model

Purpose of Education

Time/Life/Energy Management (Time/Food Log, Time=Life, Priority Evaluation)

Library Workshops/Assignments (Critical Article review)

Technology (Libraries, Friedman, Berry, Communication vs. Conversation, text messaging, etc)

Learning Skills/Assessment (reading, notes, tests, strategies assignment)

Freakonomics (presentations, Morality v Economics, Incentives [3 types], Info Assymetry, Conv Wisdom, Correlation v Causation, Positive v Normative Analysis)

Gen Ed (philosophy, College v University, advising, scheduling, majors, career paper)

Engagement (QEP, efficacy, election, voting, electoral college, democracy, final paper)

Diversity (Maps, regionalism, Southerners, dialect, stereotypes, WKU demographics, Reed: My Tears…)

Environment and Experience

Health and Wellness (Sleep, diet, exercise, fast food, campus meal plans, sex/conventional wisdom, Schlosser: Fast Food Nation)