Program: Argumentation and Public Policy Certificate - Missouri State University

Mar 31, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

This certificate provides the coursework to broaden the student’s experience of applied argumentation in the context of public policy. The courses provide the student with the background to make, refine, refute, and evaluate public policy arguments in a variety of subject areas at the undergraduate level.

Program requirements

COM 321 - Inter-Collegiate Debating must be repeated to a minimum of 6 hours.
COM 322 - Introduction to Argumentation

Three hours from the following in consultation with certificate advisor:

COM 397 - Topics in Communication
COM 450 - Political Communication
COM 454 - Presidential Rhetoric
COM 496 - Independent Study in Communication
PLS 301 - U.S. National Security
PLS 320 - American Foreign Policy
PLS 555 - Public Policy for a Global Environment
PLS 573 - Policy Analysis

All candidates must satisfy the General University Certificate Requirements.

Total Credit Hours: 12

Completion requirement

Attain a GPA of 3.00 or higher in all courses used to fulfill the certificate requirements.