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CAS 215 – Argumentation

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In coordination with an undergraduate-run organization called Students Teaching Students, CAS department faculty members mentor exemplary students who develop and teach 1-credit courses on a variety of subjects that advance expertise in communication and its role in public life. This semester, Associate Teaching Professor Lori Bedell is supporting undergraduates Kara Miller (who was in Lori’s RCL course a few years back) and Jess Strait as they teach a course titled “Period Talk: The Impact of Stigma on the Menstrual Equity Movement.”
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CAS 215 – Argumentation

"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government... " --Thomas Jefferson to Richard Price, 1789. ME 7:253    Democracy depends on an informed electorate who engage in critical thinking so as to hold in check potential abuses of power.  Understanding argumentation provides students with the ability to critically assess and create effective discourse.

Course Objectives

  1. to understand the significant role argumentation plays in public and private discourse.
  2. to research, gather and organize supporting material into argumentative discourse so as to become a skilled advocate.
  3. to be an effective critic of argumentative discourse.
  4. to be familiar with the physical and virtual PSU libraries.