GEM1008

GEM1008 - Evaluating Academic Arguments

This is a General Education module open to students in all faculties.

It is a 36-hour module taught over 12 weeks with ONE three-hour tutorial per week.

By the end of the module the students should be able to:

apply informal logic to arguments in academic readings;
evaluate arguments in a variety of sources to help them apply the skill of argumentation in writing in their discipline; and
write critical and logical responses to arguments in formats ranging from critiques to position papers.

GEM1008 is a 100% Continuous Assessment module.

Students are required to write a critique and position paper, and sit for an open book test at the end of the module.

If students are required to take ES1000, Basic English, and/or ES1102, English for Academic Purposes, they must complete those modules before taking this course.
EG1413 or ES1531

This course is not open to students who offer Philosophy either as a major or minor subject.
Students cannot take ES1531 concurrently.
GEM1004, GEM2006

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