Inside-Out Prison Exchange: Literacies for Rhythm, Rhyme, and Rhetoric

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READ 2713. Inside-Out Prison Exchange: Literacies for Rhythm, Rhyme, and Rhetoric. This interdisciplinary course examines how music, performing arts, and visual media serve as powerful tools for communication and change. In a unique partnership, university students ("Outside" students) and students in a correctional facility ("Inside" students) learn together as academic equals. By studying popular culture, we will analyze how different forms of expression shape our personal and social responsibilities. Course takes place off campus at Bridgeport Correctional Center. Satisfies three hours Core Component Area Option (40). Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.