COMM 3318 - FACILITATING PUBL DELIBERATION

Institution:

University of Houston-Downtown

Subject:

Communications

Description:

This course emphasizes theory and practice in moderating and recording public forums in a variety of civic settings. Deliberation is an approach to politics in which citizens, not just experts or politicians, are involved in public decision making and community problem solving. Working with trained facilitators who utilize a wide variety of specific deliberative techniques, citizens come together and consider relevant facts from multiple points of view; converse with one another to think critically about the various options before them; enlarge their perspectives, opinions, and understandings; and ultimately seek to come to some conclusion for action in the form of a reasoned public judgment.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

COMM 1304 or COMM 1306

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.uhd.edu

Phone Number:

(713) 221-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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