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ENGL 409ARhetoric of Argumentation

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
English

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course studies the discursive, social, and rhetorical principles of argumentation, including topics such as evidence, reasoning, and the organization and presentation of arguments. Scholars studied may include Richard Whatley, Jurgen Habermas, Stephen Toulmin, Chaim Perelman, Lucie Olbrecht-Tyteca, Kenneth Burke, and Pierre Bourdieu.

Prerequisites

  • Students must be in level 3A or higher

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

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  • Lots of requirements for participation. Large part of your mark is based off of being argumentative (participation and discussion boards) which sucks. There are weekly analyses in groups of argument in articles, one long midterm, but no final!

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