Argumentation and Communication
MIT OpenCourseWare offers this intensive writing seminar built around argumentation and persuasive communication, developed for the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. The course works as a workshop: students complete reading assignments, structured writing exercises, and presentation tasks that link critical reading to clear thinking and effective prose. Materials emphasize building cogent, evidence-based arguments and analyzing how claims are structured and supported, then applying that analysis to students' own writing and oral presentations. The site provides the syllabus, assignment sequence, and reading list used in the actual MIT course, free to access with no certificate offered. It suits anyone who wants a structured way to practice persuasive writing and argument analysis rather than a general communication skills overview.