COMA 213 - Argumentation and Debate

Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3
Description: This course is designed to give students a foundational understanding of the key concepts, theories, and practice of argumentation and debate. Topics will include research skills, logic and reasoning, argument selection and construction, refutation and rebuttal, and evaluation of evidence. Students will explore these concepts through a variety of strategies and techniques, which include examining cases, engaging in debates, as well as team and individual presentations, personal reflections, and written essays.

Prerequisites: None.
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: COMA 103

Course Category: Liberal Arts | English or Humanities
This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements
This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement

This Course is Typically Offered: Winter Only
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Course Competencies

Explain key concepts in Debate and Argumentation.
Utilize technology when researching, developing, and presenting debates.
Integrate appropriate research findings, references, and citations into debates.
Analyze the various types of arguments, reasoning processes, and logical fallacies.
Apply inductive and deductive reasoning.
Identify logical fallacies in writing briefs.
Evaluate arguments and construct counterarguments.
Use sound evidence in support of arguments.
Construct sound arguments.
Organize arguments into a persuasive case.
Engage in ethical debate with others.
Analyze evidence and how to use it to prove a claim.
Analyze and rebut various forms of arguments, claims, reasoning, propositions, and evidence.