The schedule is not a static document. Please check it daily for updates and revisions. JOURNALS are due every FRIDAY by noon!!!!
COURSE CALENDAR: |
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| Week | Event |
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| Week 1 |
Define "Argument"; Discuss occasions and kinds of argument. Learn about reading and writing arguments. Intellectual property, academic integrity & plagiarism. Assessing and using sources. Documenting sources (Chs. 1 & 2 in Perspectives in Argument) |
| Week 2 |
Discuss audience and appeals to various types of audience; Arguments from heart and arguments based on values; Issues (Chs. 3 & 4). Project 1 due. |
| Week 3 |
Arguments based on character, facts and reason; Toulmin arguments; Rogerian arguments (Chs. 5 & 10) |
| Week 4 |
Arguments of definition and evaluations; Causal arguments and proposals; Humorous arguments (Chs 6 & 7). Project 2 due |
| Week 5 | Figurative language, visual arguments, arguments in the electronic environment; Spoken arguments (Chs. 8 & 9) |
| Week 6 |
Evidence, fallacies; Begin work on research paper (Chs. 11 - 13) Project 3 due. |
| Week 7 | Research paper |
| Week 8 |
Portfolio due, Research paper due and final exam. |