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COMM 3601 is also offered in Fall 2023
COMM 3601 is also offered in Spring 2023
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Fall 2023 | COMM 3601 Section 001: Introduction to Rhetorical Theory (33437)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
Online Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Vincent Hall 16
- Enrollment Status:
Open (59 of 125 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theoretical systems to explain/direct creation of public discourse. Traditional rhetoric to contemporary perspectives. Using theory to explain practice of public discourse.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces students to rhetorical theory by accounting for the different forms of political, cultural, and economic persuasion that permeate everyday life. To orient ourselves to these forms of persuasion, the class highlights the philosophical disagreements about the value of rhetoric to education, democracy, and morality. To explore the contemporary relevance of these philosophical disagreements to our experience of persuasion, the class will investigate Presidential speechmaking, advertising, movies, and video games.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: 4 tests each one builds on the other. Roughly 70%. Participation assignments (quizzes, homework, in class participation) 30%.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice; True-False
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
- Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
4 Exam(s)
7 Homework Assignment(s)
6 Quiz(zes)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33437/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2016
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