CARDS (ENG)

CCIT-4200

Assessment

1. Tutorial participation: 10% (altogether 8 sessions)

You will meet your tutor only in the tutorials (check your timetable). In the first tutorial, you will be notified of the essay topic. You must follow the specific instructions/requirements of your own tutor and observe the deadline carefully. You also need to perform your group presentation in the tutorials. Your tutor will contact you and send you information through his/her SOUL platform. This webpage will not deliver message from your tutor.

Tutors email:

Lui Ho Yin click

Sze Pak Fan click

Kong Man Ki click

Chan Wen Shan click

Tony Kum click

2. ONE written assignment (400-450 words, 25%) submitted on or before the 6th tutorial, with a work-in-progress summary (submitted on or before the 3rd tutorial) (100-150 words, 5%) (Both items should be submitted to the tutor by Turnitin on SOUL): total 30%

Suggested essay topic for 2025-26 first semester: "Outline the design of a set of submission criteria for an essay in an English language course in HKUSPACE Community College to allow students the use of AI and to guarantee fairness and absence of plagiarism. Then give arguments/reasons arguing/explaining why the methods proposed can fulfill the two objectives stated above." Please consult your own tutor for the finalized topic of the essay and her/his specific requirements.

Note that you can always submit earlier than the deadline. Your teacher will return your submitted work with comments roughly within two weeks.

Also check other links on the bottom of this webpage about writing college essay and grading information. Late submission and plagiarism are things you should always avoid. When you submit by Turnitin, you can see the "scores" about the similarity to public/published materials: grading may be subject to such considerations and so please refrain from the "copy-and-paste" method. Marking rubric: click

Sample of work-in-progress-summary: click

3. Inquiry-based group projects on ethical reasoning (usually in tutorials 6 or 7)

Groups of 3 to 5 students performing a 20-minute presentation and answering questions in a Q&A session (15% is assigned to the individual performance and 10% is based on group performance; student accidentally doing solo presentation will have the 25% assessed only on individual performance): total 25%

4. 2-hour online Quiz on critical thinking and logic

Scope: lecture topics 5, 6, 7; to be returned to the lecturer by SOUL: 35% (Usually several days after the last day of semester.)

Page site: https://sites.google.com/view/cards-eng-hkuspace/home

This is a core curriculum course for students majoring in Engineering (Computer Science and Information Technology). Student will learn the basic knowledge of reasoning and analysis essential for university education, as well as fundamental issues related to understanding computation and artificial intelligence.

Please note that there are 6 CARDS courses, each one tailor-made for students majoring in a specific area. The contents of these courses ARE NOT THE SAME. So, please do not use materials in other CARDS courses.

You can obtain all relevant materials for this course on this website. Your teacher will not print the PowerPoint or readings for you.

Grading information: Essay Group Presentation Essay Grading Checklist

Quiz sample: Click Please note that the format and emphasis of the actual quiz may not be exactly like the sample.

HKU Critical Thinking Web: click

Research guide: click

Quiz revision guide: click

Guide to writing essay: click

Guidelines:

Note the three different areas/topics (including basic knowledge in AI) in this course. The first one is on your own area of study and is only related to the essay writing part of the assessment. The second one is on ethical reasoning and is only related to the group presentation. The final part is on logical skills and is only related to the final quiz, which demands your ability to solve some very specific problems such as filling in a truth-table. So, you need to revise by doing some exercises at home.
The second topic is on ethical reasoning. The assessment is a group presentation in the tutorial. This involves research and cooperation of the group members. Please follow the instruction of your tutor to achieve the best result.
Please follow the instruction of your tutor carefully concerning the essay writing. You need to submit a (100-150 words) summary of your essay in the third tutorial and then your tutor will grade and make comments. Based on the feedback, you will submit the complete essay (400-450 words) on or before the 6th tutorial. Please refer to the guideline on writing an argumentative essay in this course website. Don’t forget to do a spellcheck before submission. The main risk of failing is plagiarism and/or over-reliance on AI; hence, please don’t copy-and-paste materials from the web or books. Also note that in case you want to quote and make reference, you have to follow the academic formats such as APA or MLA.
You can also obtain marks by participating in the tutorials. Besides attendance, your tutor will also assess how well you engage in the discussion during the tutorials.
You should now be aware that only the quiz demands revision of course materials. So, please revise the relevant topics early and systematically.

Recommended texts: you need no textbook in this course. Relevant materials will be available on the course website. You may, however, peruse the following two books to broaden your understanding of logic and critical thinking:

1. Lepore, E. & Cumming, S. (2012). Meaning and Argument: An Introduction to Logic through Language. Oxford: Blackwell.

2. Ming, T. & Cheng, K.Y. (2013). A Guide to Logic and Reasoning in Socio-Ethical Issues. Singapore: McGraw Hill.

The bestseller The Enigma of Reason is also good for broadening your general understanding of reason. click

Teaching format: Please note that there are eight 1.5 hours tutorials in addition to the lectures.

Consultation: If you want to meet the lecturer or tutor in person to discuss, please email to him/her to arrange a time.

Lecturers: Thomas Ming click

Chan Wen Shan click

LECTURES

Lecture topic 1 (Week 1): Introduction to Critical Analysis and Reasoning

PowerPoint: click

Lecture topic 2 (Weeks 2): Discipline-based Studies: What is Computing?

PowerPoint: click

Lecture topic 3 (Weeks 3-5): Discipline-based Studies: Big Data and AI

PowerPoint: click

Lecture topic 4 (Weeks 6-7): Ethical Reasoning

PowerPoint: click

MIT ethics games: click

Lecture topic 5 (Weeks 8): Deductive and Inductive Logic

PowerPoint: click

Lecture topic 6 (Weeks 9-10): Categorical Logic

PowerPoint: click

Lecture topic 7 (week 11-12): Propositional Logic and Revision Lecture

PowerPoint: click

Exercises: click

Supplementary reading 1: click

Supplementary reading 2: click

Supplementary reading 3: click

Tutorial Schedule

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 29/9 30/9 8/10 2/10 3/10

2 13/10 14/10 15/10 16/10 10/10

3 3/11 4/11 5/11 6/11 17/10

4 10/11 11/11 12/11 13/11 7/11

5 17/11 18/11 19/11 20/11 14/11

6 24/11 25/11 26/11 27/11 21/11

7 1/12 2/12 3/12 4/12 28/11

8 8/12 9/12 10/12 11/12 5/12

Teaching materials for tutorials

Please note that your tutor may have her/his own set of teaching materials and is not required to use the PowerPoint files below.

Tutorial 1: click

Tutorial 2: click

Tutorial 3: click Deadline for summary submission

Tutorial 4: click

Tutorial 5: click

Tutorial 6: For group presentation

Deadline for essay submission

Tutorial 7: For group presentation

Tutorial 8: click