Intended for college or secondary school teachers of courses beyond the basic level in freshman English and composition, this course description treats components of composition for critical thinking, including semantics, tone, logic, and argumentation, and their application to writing critical, argumentative, and research papers. The introduction discusses current theory, research, and teaching in composition. The course outline is designed for two 15-week terms, each with a set of required readings and writing assignments. The first term portion of the outline covers the following topics: basics, exposition, and development; fact, opinion, and evidence; logic and argumentative rhetoric; causes and patterns of subjectivity, partisanship, and bias; political rhetoric and semantics; and rhetorical/semantic/political analysis of mass media. The second term portion of the outline is structured to cover (1) an introduction to research and to information evaluation; (2) fact, opinion, and evidence; (3) logic and argumentative rhetoric; (4) causes and patterns of subjectivity, partisanship, and bias; (5) political rhetoric and semantics; and (6) rhetorical/semantic/political analysis of mass media. A postscript is included in which students' feedback to actual "composition for critical thinking" courses is discussed. Appendices include: a list of current periodicals with a center-conservative to center-liberal orientation; suggestions for research paper topics; a checklist for analyzing arguments; and a semantic calculator for bias in rhetoric. (JD)