Overview
Description
Principles of competitive debate including analyzing and identifying types of arguments, appeals, and value strategies. Participation in UNR debate team required. Up to 6 credits of COM 209, COM 309, and COM 409 combined can be applied to communication studies major or minor.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- UNR debate team participant
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): UNR debate team participant.
Units
Laboratory Studio3
Catalog Details
Attributes
StandardRepeatable up to 6 credits
Learning Outcomes
- research current event topics to locate, select, and organize evidence to construct speeches for competition.
- listen critically, interpret, document, and respond to oral arguments.
- predict and resolve objections related to a particular argument.
- prepare and present strategies of refutation and persuasion in competitive speeches and intercollegiate speech and debate events.