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| SPOL1205-1 | Parliamentary rhetoric
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| Duration : | 60h SEM |
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| Holder(s) : | Sébastien Brunet, André Lemaître, André Leton, Quentin Michel |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | This seminar is devoted to the art of the argumentation on topical issues. Sometimes, they will incarnate the role of the Minister wishing to promote a particular policy in a precise field, sometimes they will take the role of a member of the opposition dismounting the argumentation of the Minister. |
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| Course objective : | The objective is to allow the students, during an original exercise, to show rigour as for political, administrative, sociological and legal dimensions of problems, but also of originality and spirit of synthesis in the presentation of the argument |
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| Organization : | The class will be split in two parts (40 students each).
Each group will meet six times.
Each session will take 2 hours.
Each hour will be organised as followed: -Minister (8 min) -Opposition's leader (8 min) -Journalist (1min 30) -Majority (6 min) -Opposition (6 min) -Journalist (1min 30) -Debriefing |
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| Assessment : | The evaluation will be based on the students' participation (50%) and on the final exam (50%) in January. |
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| Contacts : | Information: secrétariat du Département de Sciences Politiques (catherine.jouck@ulg.ac.be - 04/366.30.35) |
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