HON 101: Reas/Comm Across Disciplines - fall

Prerequisite: Restricted to first-year only honors program students.

General Education requirement: 1E & 4A

Students will learn how to be an informed consumer of information and make more informed decisions. Topics include distinguishing good arguments from bad ones, interpreting the likelihood of outcomes, understanding the psychology underlying cognitive bias and error, recognizing our own biases and blind spots, and understanding how statistics and illustrations are used to sway opinion.