ILRGL 3300 - Advocacy and Debate

(ORL-AG)

Fall, Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading (no audit).

Forbidden Overlap: due to an overlap in content, students will not receive credit for both ILRGL 2200 and ILRGL 3300.
Co-meets with ILRGL 6300.

S. Nelson.

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.