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| Course |
Title |
Topic |
Distribution |
Decscription |
Instructor |
| ENG-R130 #9418 |
Public Speaking (Honors) |
This course prepares students in the liberal
arts to communicate effectively with public audiences. It
emphasizes oral communication as practiced in public
contexts: how to advance reasoned claims in public; how to
adapt public oral presentations to particular audiences; how
to listen to, interpret, and evaluate public discourse; and
how to formulate a clear response. |
Kurt Zemlicka |
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| ENG-R209 #31120 #31121 #33572 |
Topics in Rhetoric & Public
Culture |
TBA |
GenEd A&H CASE A&H CASE IW |
Examines how rhetorical practice shapes
public culture. May focus on a medium or mode of rhetorical
practice, such as documentary film, social movement, or
political speech; a theme or issue, such as race, gender, or
democracy; or a particular historical period. Topic varies. |
TBA |
| ENG-R210 #35269 |
Introduction to Digital Rhetoric |
CASE IW |
This course will be driven by the following
guiding inquiry: What is our relationship with our
technologies? To answer this question and situate it as a
way of thinking through larger cultural implications, this
course will bring together new media studies, post-digital
perspectives, and rhetorical concepts and constructs to
guide students into and through the sophisticated practices
of knowing, doing, and making in emergent and established
forms of mediation. |
Scot Barnett |
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| ENG-R305 #30784 |
Rhetorical Criticism |
CASE S&H CASE IW |
The development of standards for evaluating
and methods of analyzing rhetorical texts. Significant
historical and contemporary texts are studied to exemplify
critical principles. |
Robin Reames |
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| ENG-R330 #10834 |
Science, Advocacy, and the Public |
CASE A&H CASE IW |
The course will cover topics related to
public perceptions of science, how to present and explain
research to non-expert audiences through speaking and
writing and will explore recent public and scientific
controversies related to COVID-19, climate change, vaccine
skepticism, and others. The course is recommended for
students in the natural and social sciences looking to
improve their communication skills, along with students
looking to enter professional, non-profit, or public policy
fields that promote scientific study after graduation. |
Kurt Zemlicka |
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| ENG-R348 #35270 |
Environmental Communication |
CASE S&H CASE IW |
This course explores the myriad of ways
public communication shapes our understanding of nature and
the environment. It examines how symbol use and
communicative practices shape the relationship between
humanity, culture, and nature in order to better understand
how communication can be used for advocacy in an era of
environmental crisis. The course is recommended for students
studying environmental policy who wish to improve their
communication skills, as well as students looking to enter
professional, non-profit, or public policy fields related to
environmental issues. |
Scot Barnett |
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| ENG-R355 #6976 |
Public Memory in Communication & Culture |
CASE S&H |
Examines the contested nature of public
memory from a communication and culture perspective. Focuses
on the nature of public memory, its methods of perpetuation,
its role in shaping citizens, and its implications for
society. |
Cindy Smith |
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| ENG-W231 |
To develop research and writing skills
requisite for most academic and professional activities.
Emphasis on methods of research, organization, and writing
techniques useful in preparing reviews, critical
bibliographies, research and technical reports, proposals
and papers. |
TBA |
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| ENG-W241 |
Collaborative Digital Writing |
CASE IW |
Workshop-oriented class integrates service
learning and digital forms of public and professional
writing through online collaboration. Seeks to address real
community needs through research and writing while also
creating portfolios that showcase writing produced both
individually and with project collaborators. |
TBA |
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| ENG-W350 |
Advanced Expository Writing |
CASE IW |
Close examination of the assumptions and
choices that govern content and style, and practice in the
techniques of producing a variety of researched papers
incorporating primary and secondary research, appropriate to
audience and purpose. |
TBA |
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