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Critical and Scientific Reasoning (Certificate)

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The Critical and Scientific Reasoning Certificate allows students to earn a stand‑alone credential that also contributes toward broader academic goals.

Degrees & Offerings
  • Certificate
Location
  • Bloomsburg
  • Lock Haven
  • Mansfield
  • Online
Department
College
Program Contact
Interim Dean of the Eileen G. Jones Honors College and Professor of Sociology
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Pathway Toward a Degree

The Critical and Scientific Reasoning Certificate is one of three certificates directly connected to Commonwealth University’s general education requirements, along with Academic Foundations and Human Creativity and Diversity. Completion of all three certificates, plus 15 additional elective credits in the arts, humanities, and social or behavioral science fields, leads to an Associate of Arts in General Studies. Together, these certificates create manageable academic goals for adult, working, and returning learners, as well as traditional college students and dual‑enrollment high school students.

Courses and Curriculum

Critical and Scientific Reasoning Certificate Requirements

  • 15 credits required for certificate completion
  • Students should meet with their academic advisor each semester and use Degree Works to monitor their individual progress toward completion of the certificate.

Certificate Requirements

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

  1. Articulate the responsibilities of citizenship.
  2. Employ critical analysis and reasoning to explain and analyze concepts.
  3. Better identify important aspects of the natural world and technologies.

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