Ethical and Critical Think
Learning to formulate and articulate ethical positions in your chosen discipline is an important skill as you move toward your professional goals. Students who strive to develop these skills can incorporate courses from the list below into their essential studies curriculum and get the added boost in knowledge that supports their goals
Western Michigan University's current semester courses and descriptions are listed below. Enrolled students can also access descriptions by logging into GoWMU and accessing Degree Works.
- Courses designated as DI fulfill the Diversity and Inclusion requirement.
- Courses designated as PS fulfill the Planetary Sustainability requirement.
Ethical and Critical Thinking SLO (ECL)
- AE 4800 - Aerospace Engineering Project
- BLS 3050 - Intro Adults w/DisabDI
- CCE 4850 - Senior ProjectPS
- CHEG 4870 - Senior Design Project
- COM 4300 - Persuasion/Social Influence
- CS 4910 - Soft Sys Dev II: Impl, Test
- DANC 4850 - Race, Gender, and DanceDI
- ECE 4820 - Elect/Computer Engrg Desgn II
- EDMM 4910 - Multidisciplinary Sr Proposal
- ENGL 3050 - Prof Writing: Work & Culture
- ENGL 3060 - Rhetoric, Writing, & Amer Cult
- ENVS 4370 - Eco-JusticeDI
- ES 3950 - School And SocietyDI
- FCS 4120 - Family PolicyPS
- FIN 3010 - Financial Coaching
- GEOS 4320 - Geomorphology
- HIST 3260 - Native Amer Hist And CultureDI
- HNRS 4102 - Film Adaptations
- HSV 4780 - U.S. Health Policy
- IEE 4190 - IEE Senior Design
- LANG 3750 - Dostoevsky & the Existentialis
- ME 4800 - Mech Engr Proj
- PADM 3500 - Public Mgmt for DemocracyDI
- PHIL 3110 - Political Philosophy
- PSCI 4210 - Gender And LawDI
- PSCI 4220 - Civil Rights and Liberties
- PSY 3456 - Behavioral Appr SustainabilityPS
- REL 3180 - Death, Dying and Beyond
- Courses designated as DI fulfill the Diversity and Inclusion requirement.
- Courses designated as PS fulfill the Planetary Sustainability requirement.
Trevor
Trevor is a nursing major who hopes to someday be a nurse manager at a level I trauma hospital. He wants to develop his creative and critical thinking skills to strengthen his managerial skills. To do this, he chose the following WMU Essential Studies courses:
- Quantitative Literacy: PHIL 2250 Deductive Logic
- Inquiry and Engagement: SOC 2000 Principles of Sociology; HSV 2250 Human Development
- Personal Wellness: COM 1700 Interpersonal Communication I
- Artistic Theory and Practice: ED 2300 The Nature of Creativity
- Societies and Cultures: ANTH 3440 Indigenous North America