MPS 500 Rhetoric Reasoning & Comm

This course will treat areas of rhetoric, reasoning and communication with the specific aim of cultivating high-level competencies, which are explicitly applicable to professional work situations. Students will be exposed to principles of classical rhetoric, techniques of critical reasoning in terms of formal and informal logic, and essential criteria for effective professional written and oral communication. With exercises, written assignments and class presentations, the emphasis on applications to work situations will be developed. Bachelors degree required.