RHET 304 - Argumentation and Advocacy

Credits: 4

One popular textbook tells us that, “argument is everywhere.” In fact, many disciplines depend on argumentation as feature of their work: communication, philosophy, law, and linguistics. This course focuses on the growing and (often troubling) study of argument in the past half century by recognizing argumentation as a dynamic concept as well as an art of inquiry and advocacy. We will read challenging theoretical articles about argumentation and use those theories to explore argument practices in the fields of politics, law, and aesthetics. Along the way students will become more critical consumers of arguments as well as the individuals and institutions that produce them.

Prerequisite: (RHET 125 or RHET 1XX or RHET 130 or RHET 110 or RHET 110N or RHET 195)
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