Outcomes
In order to successfully complete this course, the student will:
1. List and define basic argumentation terms
2. List, define, and apply academic debate vocabulary
3. Identify, explain, and apply different argumentation theories
4. Apply the foundations of structuring propositions
5. Distinguish proposition and claim types
6. Explain the burdens for each claim type
7. Apply form and structure of issues and cases
8. Distinguish acceptable evidence from spurious evidence
9. Apply research to academic debate guidelines
10. Demonstrate the fundamental technologies of academic debate by using a: Flow Sheeting, Signposting, Road Mapping
11. Present arguments in a contentious environment
12. Apply the principles of argumentation beyond the setting of academic debate
Please contact the on-campus instructor for the current textbook.
Additional Readings:
Fischer, Walter. "Narration as a Human Communication paradigm: the Case of Public Moral Argument." Communication Monographs. ( March 1984): 2-22.
Follette, Charles. "Argumentation and Advocacy." Unpublished: 1-45.
Wallace, Karl. "The Substance of Rhetoric: Good Reasons." QJS. (1963)