Argumentation and Advocacy
General
Prefix
CMST
Course Number
318
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Construction and critique of reasoned discourse and advocacy.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
Yes
MN Goal Designation(s)
02
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Distinguish between discourse that contains reasoning and that which does not.
Outcome
Distinguish between different types of reasoning.
Outcome
Analyze arguments, distinguishing premises and conclusions.
Outcome
Evaluate inductive and deductive reasoning.
Outcome
Apply basic logical techniques.
Outcome
Identify and avoid fallacies in reasoning.
Outcome
Define and apply the concepts of status quo, burden of proof, prima facie case, and burden of rejoinder as they pertain to debating public controversies.
Outcome
Write central questions expressing controversies around questions of fact, value and policy.
Outcome
Prepare and debate a policy controversy utilizing the stock issues of ill, blame, cure, and cost.
Outcome
Judge and critique a classroom debate centering on a policy controversy.
Course Outline
Course Outline
Dependencies
Programs
CMST318
is a
completion requirement
for: