About LogicalU

Who is
LogicalU for?

A platform designed for every student learning not what to think but how to think — and for every instructor who wants to help them do it well.

Primary Audience

First-year university students

Students taking their core "Critical Thinking" or "How to Reason" general education requirement, mandated at universities across the country, taught in Philosophy, Communication, and English departments.

30,000+
estimated students per year across the 17 universities identified below. (Check out the data!) These courses are taught across hundreds of campuses nationwide.
Primary

The Required-Course Student

You're enrolled in PHIL 105, COM 110, or a similar course because it's required. LogicalU turns that obligation into something genuinely engaging, interactive, AI-powered, and built to make the thinking skills stick.

Secondary

The Self-Directed Learner

You want a critical thinking certificate. Prove to yourself and others that you can construct a solid argument, spot a fallacy, and design compelling advocacy. LogicalU's 12-unit course earns you exactly that, on your schedule.

The universities we identified

These 17 institutions explicitly run a named "critical thinking" or "thinking & argumentation" with many more nationwide in the humanities under related labels.

University Course Department Requirement type Est. students/year
Communication department
Illinois State Univ.
R2 · Normal, IL
 COM 110 Communication Sole requirement
~3,400 / yr
All undergrads; confirmed in program docs
UNLV
R1 · Las Vegas, NV
 COM 104 Communication Studies Alt. to PHIL 102
~750–1,200 / yr
~5,000 freshmen; split with PHIL 102
Wayne State Univ.
R1 · Detroit, MI
 COM 2110 Communication Competency designation
~500–900 / yr
~3,100 freshmen; one of several CT options
University of Utah
R1 · Salt Lake City, UT
 COMM 2270 Communication Alt. to writing req.
~900–1,500 / yr
~6,500 new students; partial uptake
George Mason Univ.
R1 · Fairfax, VA
 COMM 250 Communication Mason Core approved
~400–800 / yr
~4,500 freshmen; one of many Mason Core options
CSU system (e.g., Sac State, CSUN)
CSU · California
 COMS 2 / COMM 120 Communication Studies Alt. to PHIL (Area 1B)
~1,000–3,000 / yr
Varies by campus; systemwide pathway
Philosophy department
University of Arizona
R1 · Tucson, AZ
 PHIL 110 Philosophy Math/GE requirement
~2,000–3,000 / yr
~9,000 freshmen; high-volume multi-section
Florida State Univ.
R1 · Tallahassee, FL
 PHI 2100 Philosophy CoreFSU designated
~1,500–2,500 / yr
~7,000 freshmen; one of several CT options
UT Arlington
R1 · Arlington, TX
 PHIL 1301 Philosophy & Humanities Texas Core objective
~1,200–2,000 / yr
~5,000 freshmen; CT embedded across Texas Core
Univ. of South Florida
R1 · Tampa, FL
 PHI 1103 Philosophy State GE humanities area
~1,500–2,500 / yr
~7,500 freshmen; high-demand gen ed course
Arizona State Univ.
R1 · Tempe, AZ
 PHI 101 Philosophy Literacy & Critical Inquiry [L]
~4,000–6,000 / yr
~25,000 freshmen; massive multi-section offering
Penn State Univ.
R1 · University Park, PA
 PHIL 11  PHIL 12 Philosophy GH gen ed designation
~2,000–3,500 / yr
PHIL 11 (Critical Thinking) + PHIL 12 (Argumentation & CT)
UNC Chapel Hill
R1 · Chapel Hill, NC
 PHIL 105 Philosophy IDEAs in Action gen ed
~800–1,500 / yr
"How to Reason and Argue"; multiple sections/semester
Colorado State Univ.
R1 · Fort Collins, CO
 PHIL 110 Philosophy AUCC Arts/Humanities (GT-AH3)
~600–1,200 / yr
"Logic and Critical Thinking"; also offered online
English department
CSUN
CSU · Northridge, CA
 ENGL 215 English Area 1B alt. to PHIL
~500–1,200 / yr
~33,000 undergrads; PHIL 100/200 more common
Arizona State Univ.
R1 · Tempe, AZ
 ENG 245+ English Literacy & Critical Inquiry [L]
~3,000–5,000 / yr
Multiple ENG courses carry the [L] designation
CSU system (general)
CSU · California
 ENGL C1001 English Critical thinking & writing
~2,000–5,000 / yr
C-ID ENGL 105 pathway; CT in composition sequence

* Estimates based on incoming class size and requirement structure. Figures represent likely annual reach of the CT requirement at each institution.

Secondary Audience

Anyone who wants to think better

Critical thinking isn't just a university checkbox. It's one of the most valued skills in today's workplace, civic life, and personal decision-making. LogicalU offers a full certificate pathway for self-directed learners.

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World Economic Forum: Top Skill for 2025

Critical thinking and analytical reasoning top the WEF's Future of Jobs Report as the #1 skill employers need.

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AAC&U: What Employers Actually Want

Over 90% of employers say learning to solve disagreements and have clear communication matter in a student's undergraduate major.

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AI & the New Urgency for Critical Thinking

As AI generates more content, the ability to evaluate claims, spot fallacies, and reason well has never been more critical.

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What's the Pitch?

Not just a textbook.
A full learning experience.

LogicalU includes a downloadable textbook. But that's just the beginning! The real value is a complete suite of AI-powered activities and exercises paired with every unit.

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Themed, Memorable Units

Students click through parts of a brain to learn cognitive biases. Every unit has its own world — designed to stick in memory long after the semester ends.

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AI Agents That Argue Back

Students interact with AI agents who make good and bad arguments. Role play, debate, get corrected — learning by doing, not reading.

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Active & Collaborative

Group activities, poster creation, advocacy exercises — LogicalU is built for students who need to do something, not just read something.

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Professor-Designed

Built by a professor with experience teaching & leading Critical Thinking. LogicalU is designed to complement in-class guidance. Works equally well for online and face-to-face course formats.

What's really special?

LogicalU is designed to fit with any critical thinking textbook. Instructors can adopt the LogicalU textbook, or simply purchase the AI unit activities and exercises as a standalone supplement.

How? We researched the most common topics taught across five of the most widely-adopted critical thinking textbooks — and built our units around the overlap.

The 5 textbooks we researched:

Critical Thinking Moore & Parker

Moore & Parker — McGraw-Hill
Critical Thinking Bassham et al.

Bassham et al. — McGraw-Hill
Critical Thinking MIT Press

MIT Press
Critical Thinking Reading & Writing Macmillan

Macmillan Learning
Critical Thinking Kendall Hunt

Kendall Hunt Publishing

✅ Common units across all 5 popular textbooks & included in LogicalU

✓ What is Critical Thinking?
✓ Precise Language & Vagueness
✓ Mapping & Recognizing Good Arguments
✓ Logical Fallacies
✓ Persuasive Devices
✓ Building Arguments
All 12 LogicalU units
1 Who's Thinking?
2 Be Precise
3 Toulmin Map
4 Burst Your Bubble
5 Stasis Stepper
6 Why Don't They Get On Board?
7 Brain Explorer
8 ThinkBot
9 Data Detective
10 Propaganda Identifier
11 Arguing & Advocacy Poster
12 Certificate Quiz

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