ENGL3500-C1 Study Of Rhetoric (Fall 2016)

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.

Program Requirements

Session, Dates: 1 (08/29/2016 - 12/17/2016)
Days: M W F
Time: 12:00 - 12:50 pm
Location: Moon Campus
Room: Wheatley Center 114
Seats Available: 16 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

Course Materials

About the Instructor(s)

Michael W. Young
Part-Time Faculty
Arts and Humanities

young@rmu.edu
Wheatley Center 142
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