UMKC Debate
2nd Place
2007
National Debate Tournament
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Dates
3 Week
July 11 - July 31, 2010
2 Week
July 18 - July 31, 2010
Cost
3 Week
Commuter $900
Resident $1550
2 Week
Commuter: $575
Resident: $1050
UMKC Summer Debate Institute - 2010
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Foundations of SDI
Costs
Payment Options
Curriculum
SDI Guarantee
Accelerated Learning Labs
The SDI Experience
Staff
Foundations of SDI
The UMKC Summer Debate Institute is founded on the winning tradition of the UMKC Debate Program. SDI hires the finest staff and utilizes high-quality instruction facilities. SDI instruction can help you to succeed wherever you debate. We will provide quality instruction in all forms of debate, from lay judge adaptation skills to national circuit debate. SDI will focus on teaching performance and theory, as well as research techniques. You will receive hundreds of pages of completed research before the Institute even begins. This allows SDI to spend more time improving your debate skills.
Curriculum
SDI offers a thorough curriculum of theory, style, research and topic instruction. We will have lectures on general debate theories, such as topicality, that cover the foundations of topicality and then apply it to the 2008 topic. Specific seminar topics will include:
- Affirmatives on the Topic
- Negatives on the Topic
- Topicality
- Kritiks
- Disadvantages
- Counterplans
SDI Guarantees:
- Hands-On Instruction, in Smaller Labs (at most 1 instructor per 8 students)
- Intensive Argument Discussions, Including Exceptional Lectures From Some of the Country's Finest Coaches and Debaters.
- Debates, Debates, and More Debates with Practical and Experienced Judges
- A Personalized Research Practicum, Where Our Instructors Teach You How to Research Efficiently and Effectively, Without Spending Your Time Buried In A Book
Accelerated Learning Labs
Introducing the UMKC Summer Debate Institute's Accelerated Learning Labs (ALL), The Only Labs in the Nation Specifically Designed For Less Experienced or Novice Debaters.
The SDI Experience
SDI is hosted on the beautiful campus of the University of Missouri-Kansas City . UMKC has highly advanced instruction facilities that will enhance the camp experience. The dormitory is situated close to the cafeteria and to instruction rooms for SDI. Accommodations will be made for dietary needs as well as religious needs of each student.
Instruction will occur from 9am to 9pm (for residential camp), and will include sufficient breaks for meals and recreation.
Team-taught laboratories allow each student to receive intensive individualized instruction.
Labs divided by experience level will allow each student to get the proper instruction for her/his level.
The Staff
The SDI staff includes successful, nationally recognized college and high school debate coaches, as well as highly competitive college debaters. We are proud to have one of the most diverse staffs in the activity. The low ratio of student to staff will guarantee that each student receives personalized attention.
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