UoPX HUM/115: Critical Thinking in Everyday Life
HUM/115 teaches a practical critical-thinking process: identifying arguments, evaluating evidence, spotting fallacies and biases, and applying structured reasoning to everyday decisions. It's a common early gen-ed requirement across UoPX undergraduate programs.
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What makes it hard
Students underestimate it because the topic sounds soft, then lose points when assignments demand the specific frameworks and vocabulary from the course materials (naming the exact fallacy, applying the stated decision-making steps) rather than general 'good thinking.' The weekly cadence leaves no room to skim a week and recover.
What you'll cover
- • Elements of critical thinking
- • Arguments, claims, and evidence
- • Logical fallacies
- • Cognitive biases and barriers
- • Decision-making frameworks
The HUM/115 study guide
How to study for UoPX HUM/115, step by step.
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Take the course more seriously than its title
HUM/115 sounds soft and grades precisely. Decide up front that you're learning a named toolkit (specific fallacies, bias types, decision steps), not practicing generic 'good thinking.'
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Flashcard every named concept
Each fallacy, cognitive bias, and framework step goes on a card with a one-line example. Assignments reward naming the exact tool, and there are more of them than one read-through retains.
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Classify real examples weekly
Pull arguments from news, ads, or social media and name the fallacy or bias at work. The graded skill is applying labels to fresh material, and five weeks gives you exactly five practice rounds.
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Use the course's exact process in assignments
When a prompt asks you to work through a decision, follow the stated steps in the stated order and say so. Improvised reasoning, however sound, misses rubric lines that name the framework.
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Protect the participation points
Multi-day discussion posting is a fifth of the course's lifespan every week. Bank the initial post early; the responses are easy points once the vocabulary is in your head.
Today
Today's HUM/115 plan
What a Fennie Daily Plan looks like for HUM/115. Yours is built from your own syllabus and adapts every day to your deadlines and progress.
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FAQ
Is HUM/115 at University of Phoenix hard?
No, but it's graded more precisely than its reputation suggests. Assignments expect the course's specific frameworks and fallacy names, not generic reasoning. Students who skim and improvise lose steady points.
What is HUM/115 about?
Practical critical thinking: how to break down arguments, evaluate evidence, recognize fallacies and biases, and apply structured decision-making to everyday situations, over a 5-week course of discussions and written assignments.
How do I do well in HUM/115?
Learn the named concepts cold: fallacies, bias types, and the course's thinking process steps. Assignments reward correctly applying and naming those specific tools, so flashcard-style review pays off more than you'd expect for a humanities course.