RHETORICAL APPROACHES TO INQUIRY

Catalog description

Scholars have frequently and fruitfully applied rhetorical theory to investigate the rhetorical dimensions of other academic disciplines and various cultural phenomena outside of public speaking and argumentation. Accordingly, this class introduces students to a specific interdisciplinary discourse that may include but is not limited to the Rhetoric of Science, the Rhetoric of Economics, the Rhetoric of Medicine, the Rhetoric of Social Movements, the Rhetoric of Technology, or Visual Rhetoric. Students will complete the course with a researched analysis paper that substantively contributes to the ongoing discourse.