Overview
Description
Participation in intercollegiate debate and individual events as a member of the university debate squad, plus participation in related on-campus events. Does not fulfill requirements for a major in speech communication.
Units
Laboratory Studio2
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- research current event topics to locate, select, and organize evidence to construct a 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.
- synthesize and apply information from previous coursework to discuss social justice issues.