Rhetoric of Science & Medicine Capstone

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This course explores the roles language and rhetoric play in constructing, communicating, and understanding science and medicine. It surveys current and historical debates, theories, research, and textual conventions of scientific and medical discourse. May be taught with a specific focus, such as scientific controversies, concepts of health and illness, visualizations of science, the body in medicine, and the history of scientific writing. Students registering for ENGL 341C will be required to develop and complete a Capstone project in the wider field of study covered by the course and to make a public presentation of this project. A student may not receive credit for both ENGL 341 and ENGL 341C . Offered as ENGL 341 , ENGL 341C and ENGL 441 . Counts as a Capstone Project course. Counts as a SAGES Senior Capstone course. Prereq: Academic Inquiry Seminar (AIQS) and ENGL 380 .