Critical Thinking with AI

HIST 300 • Spring 2026

Course Syllabus

Driving Question

How can AI help us think more critically, develop skills, and produce higher-quality work than we could without it?

How We Use AI in This Course

  • As a thinking partner, not a shortcut
  • To make reasoning and process more visible
  • To test claims, identify gaps, and refine questions

Core Practices

  • Prompting as question design
  • Source evaluation and groundtruthing
  • Argumentation with evidence
  • Reflection on AI limits and bias

Course Workflow

  1. Read and annotate critically
  2. Experiment with AI in bounded tasks
  3. Compare output to sources and context
  4. Document process and revise

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