Module: Debate Seminar (1201-570)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Volker Wulfmeyer (verantwortlich)

Degree Program:

• Earth System Science (Master, since 01.10.2013)
  2. Semester, compulsory
• Earth and Climate System Science (Master, since 01.10.2017)
  2. Semester, compulsory

Prerequisites for Attendance:

-

Sprache:

English

ECTS:

2 credits

Frequency:

every semester

Length of the Module:

1 semester

Module examination:

Presentation

Workload:

27 h attendance + 25 h independent study = 52 h workload

Professional competences:

The students learn the standard formats of debates such as the British and Open Parliamentary Styles. They elaborate their own speeches based on rhetorical tools. Standard knowledge about the structure of speeches is acquired as well. By practical debates, they examine their skills to appear convincingly in discussions about topics in Earth System Science such as global and climate change.

Comments:

Maximum number of participants: 10

Registration via ILIAS. Registration is open from the end of the summer semester until the beginning of the winter semester.

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