Second Year

The course intends to help students develop their written and oral skills for argumentation, along with their capacity for rational, critical and logical thinking on a wide array of topics related to their field of specialization. In particular, the course is expected to: (1) help students appreciate the importance and value of argumentation and debate in their everyday lives, (2) introduce students to the format, process and technicalities of academic debating, as well as principles and issues commonly used to contextualize and substantiate debates; and (3) encourage students to engage in informed and intelligent discourses.