Tentative Course Schedule
Depending on class size and progress through the units, a day by day schedule can not be predicted. Student should understand that on any day more than one unit could be covered or it might take several days to cover one unit. Students are responsible for readings that will be assigned by the instructor.
Unit In-Class Topics Readings
1. Introduction: Small group inquiry
System 1 & System 2 thinkers.
2. Small group consensus building
(Assign affirmative and negative speeches for legislative debate)
3. Introduction to Argumentation
Types of Argument (authority, etc.)
4. Truth standards and validity standards None
5. Using the Toulmin Model
6. Fallacies
7. Arguing Propositions of
Fact and Value (Assign Court Cases)
8. Arguing Propositions of
Policy
9. Public Speaking Skills
10. Affirmative and negative speeches (10 Min.) followed by legislative debate on propositions.
11. First Amendment Law and the Supreme
Court
12. Other forms of Debate
13. Supreme Court Cases followed by Supreme Court decisions
Final Exam: Friday, June 26