ENGL3500-C1 Study Of Rhetoric (Spring 2015)
Course Details
This course satisfies part of the Communication Skills graduation requirement.This section is Communication Skills intensive. Communication Skills I-V must be completed before taking this course.
Session, Dates: 1 (01/12/2015 - 05/02/2015)
Days: T R
Time: 10:45 - 12:00 pm
Location: Moon Campus
Room: Wheatley Center 114
Seats Available: 9 Seats
Credits: 3
Course Description
This course explores the nature and place of discourse, especially persuasive discourse, in society and in history. Much attention is given to classical, modern, and contemporary rhetorical systems; to the mutual influence of rhetoric and other academic disciplines; and to the relationship of rhetoric, communication, and various media. Also considered are rhetorical criticism, audience-text-writer constraints, and how these constraints interact to make meaning.
Prerequisites: COSK2220 or COSK2225 and any ELIT course
Prerequisites: COSK2220 or COSK2225 and any ELIT course
Course Materials
About the Instructor(s)
Edward L. Karshner, Ph.D.
karshner@rmu.edu
412-397-6444 phone
412-397-6468 fax
Wheatley Center 209
Profile
Professor of English
Arts and Humanities
karshner@rmu.edu
412-397-6444 phone
412-397-6468 fax
Wheatley Center 209
Profile