Course Syllabi

The following list contains syllabi for courses that teach students about critical and skeptical thinking.
If you have a syllabus you would like to add to the list, please contact Jeffry Ricker.

Applied Pseudoscience
by Mark Hinders (College of William and Mary)

Belief in the Paranormal
by Wayne Messer (High Point University)

Crazy Ideas In Physics
by Scott Calvin (Sarah Lawrence College)

Critical Thinking About the Paranormal
by Bob Baugher (Highline College)

Critical Thinking in Psychology
by Shane Pitts (Birmingham-Southern College)

Paranormal Phenomena — A Critical Examination
by Louis Manza (Lebanon Valley College)

Parapsychology and ESP
by Paul Sheldon (Villanova University)

Parapsychology: Science or Magic?
by David Anderson (Allegheny College)

Parapsychology & Skeptical Inquiry
by P. Vecera (University of Utah)

Pseudoscience: Science and Nonsense
by Dee Anne Wymer (Bloomberg University)

Pseudoscience: Why People Believe in "Weird" Things
by George F. Michel (DePaul University)

Psychological Explanations of Paranormal Experiences
by Chris Wetzel (Rhodes College)

Psychology of Anomalous Experience
by James Alcock (York University)

Psychology of Beliefs
by David J. Schneider (Rice University)

The Psychology of Consciousness
by Barry Beyerstein (Simon Fraser University)

Psychology of Judgement and Decision Making
by John Ruscio (Elizabethtown College)

The Psychology of Paranormal Experiences
by Gerald Peterson (Saginaw Valley State University)

Psychology and Skepticism
by Bryan Farha (Oklahoma City University)

Science & Pseudoscience
by Chip Denman (University of Maryland)

Science and Pseudoscience
by David Clevette (Doane College)

Science and Pseudoscience
by Sharon Hutchins (Denison University)

Science, Pseudoscience, and Critical Thinking
by Karen Bartelt (Eureka College)

Science and Pseudoscience in Psychology
by William Tooke (Plattsburgh State University of New York)

Science and Pseudoscience in Psychology: Thinking Critically About Human Behavior
by Scott Lilienfeld (Emory University)

Science vs. Pseudoscience
by Charles M. Wynn, Sr. (Eastern Connecticut State University)

Science for the 21st Century
by Alan Middleton (Syracuse University)

The Scientific Method: Critical and Creative Thinking
by Randall J. Scalise & John Cotton (Southern Methodist University)

Skepticism, Pseudoscience, and the Scientific Method
by Eric Carlson (Wake Forest University)

Social Issues
by Barry Beyerstein (Simon Fraser University)

Thinking About Weird Stuff: Bizarre Beliefs
by Kerrin McMahan (Whittier College)

Why People Believe Weird Things
by Michael Kane (University of North Carolina--Greensboro)

Why People Believe Weird Things
by David Anderson (Allegheny College)

Zetetics Teachings
by Henri Broch (University of Nice-Sophia)