Course Description:
Now that students have hopefully gotten over all of their public speaking fears, students can begin bettering their arguments, reasoning, and persuasive skills. In this class, students will be tasked with preparing speeches for student congress and public forum. Through practicing these debate forms, students will learn how to make persuasive arguments. Furthermore, through practicing both congress and public forum, students will improve their ability to speak for larger periods of time, they will improve their research abilities, and they will learn how to make speeches while under competitive pressure. Upon completion of this course, students will have developed a number of essential debate skills, such as flowing, recognizing logical fallacies, and making offensive and defensive arguments. By the end of the course, students will be able to confidently and professionally compete at a novice/junior varsity debate level.
Major Topics:
- Student Congress
- Public Forum
- Debate strategies and argument structuring.
Syllabus:
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D 106A – Fall Semester(coming soon)
D 106B – Spring Semester