Advocacy and Debate

Catalog description

Students learn the principles of argumentation and debate. Topics emphasize Internet database research, synthesis of collected data, policy analysis, evidentiary quality, refutation of counter claims, identification of logical fallacies, risk evaluation, framing of issues, and coherent storytelling. Prepares students to work with a great range of opinion and evidence. Emphasizes different viewpoints, including those of different cultures. Assumptions are interrogated.