CAS 137HRhetoric and Civic Life I
Rhetoric and Civic Life (RCL) is a year-long honors course offering comprehensive training in oral, written, visual, and digital communication. It unites these various modes under the flexible art of rhetoric and uses rhetoric both to strengthen communication skills and to sharpen awareness of the challenges and advantages presented by oral, written, visual, and digital modes. Credit toward degree requirements is limited to one course from: ENGL 15 , ENGL 15A , ENGL 15E , ENGL 15S , ENGL 30H , ENGL 30T , ESL 15 , CAS/ ENGL 137H , or LA 101 This portion of the course, CAS/ENGL 137 focuses particularly on two critical academic capacities: analyzing and contextualizing. In this semester, students learn to rigorously examine the rhetoric surrounding them, compellingly present their findings in various modes, and thoughtfully contextualize their research. In this course, students will: -Develop a rich understanding of rhetorical concepts -Practice application of concepts and terms in expressing understanding of effectiveness of rhetoric through analysis and contextualization of existing texts -Enhance communication skills by practicing and applying in a variety of communication modes (written, oral, digital)
Prerequisites
None listed in the catalog.
General education
Writing & Speaking (GWS)
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 1 · Fall (40 programs).
One of the options in (1)
- Community, Environment, and Development, B.S.
Courses that list CAS 137H as a prerequisite (118)
- AFAM 463 African American Autobiography
- AFAM 466 African American Novel I
- AFAM 467 African American Novel II
- AFAM 468 African American Poetry
- AFAM 469 Slavery and the Literary Imagination
- AMST 470 The American Renaissance
- AMST 472 Topics in American Literature
- AMST 475 Black American Writers
- AMST 476 American Women Writers
- ASTRO 237W Astronomy Communications
- AYFCE 211N Foundations: Civic and Community Engagement
- BIOL 403 Biological Writing and Communication for Research
- CAS 138T Rhetoric and Civic Life II
- CAS 214W Speech Writing
- CAS 222N Foundations: Civic and Community Engagement
- CAS 409 Democratic Deliberation
- CAS 426W Communication Ethics
- CAS 450W Group Communication Theory and Research
- CAS 452 Organizational Communication Theory and Research
- CAS 452W Organizational Communication Theory and Research
- CAS 490 Peer Tutoring for Public Speaking
- CED 420W Gender and International Development
- CED 431W Economic Analysis of Environmental and Resource Policies
- CIVCM 211N Foundations: Civic and Community Engagement
- CMLIT 453 Narrative Theory: Film and Literature
- COMM 453 Narrative Theory: Film and Literature
- ENGL 138T Rhetoric and Civic Life II
- ENGL 183 Adventure Literature
- ENGL 202A Effective Writing: Writing in the Social Sciences
- ENGL 202B Effective Writing: Writing in the Humanities
- ENGL 202C Effective Writing: Technical Writing
- ENGL 202D Effective Writing: Business Writing
- ENGL 202H Effective Writing: Honors
- ENGL 250 Peer Tutoring in Writing
- ENGL 400 Authors, Texts, Contexts
- ENGL 401 Studies in Genre
- ENGL 401W Creative Writing Theory
- ENGL 402 Literature and Society
- ENGL 403 Literature and Culture
- ENGL 404 Mapping Identity, Difference, and Place
- ENGL 405 Taking Shakespeare From Page to Stage
- ENGL 407 History of the English Language
- ENGL 412 Advanced Fiction Writing
- ENGL 413 Advanced Poetry Writing
- ENGL 416 Science Writing
- ENGL 417 The Editorial Process
- ENGL 418 Advanced Technical Writing and Editing
- ENGL 419 Advanced Business Writing
- ENGL 420 Writing for the Web
- ENGL 421 Advanced Expository Writing
- ENGL 426 Chicana and Chicano Cultural Production: Literature, Film, Music
- ENGL 427 Topics in Jewish American Literature
- ENGL 430 The American Renaissance
- ENGL 431 Black American Writers
- ENGL 432 The American Novel to 1900
- ENGL 433 The American Novel: 1900-1945
- ENGL 434 Topics in American Literature
- ENGL 435 The American Short Story
- ENGL 436 American Fiction Since 1945
- ENGL 437 The Poet in America
- ENGL 439 American Nonfiction Prose
- ENGL 440 Studies in Shakespeare
- ENGL 441 Chaucer
- ENGL 442 Medieval English Literature
- ENGL 443 The English Renaissance
- ENGL 444 Shakespeare
- ENGL 445 Shakespeare's Contemporaries
- ENGL 446 Milton
- ENGL 447 The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century
- ENGL 448 The English Novel to Jane Austen
- ENGL 449M Honors Seminar in English: Pre-1800s literature
- ENGL 450 The Romantics
- ENGL 451 Literary Modernism in English
- ENGL 452 The Victorians
- ENGL 453 Victorian Novel
- ENGL 454 Modern British and Irish Drama
- ENGL 455 Topics in British Literature
- ENGL 456 British Fiction, 1900-1945
- ENGL 457 British Fiction Since 1945
- ENGL 458 Twentieth-Century Poetry
- ENGL 459 Writing Palestine-Israel
- ENGL 460 Business and Literature
- ENGL 462 Reading Black, Reading Feminist
- ENGL 463 African American Autobiography
- ENGL 464M Honors Seminar in English: Multicultural
- ENGL 465 Humanity in Computerized Society
- ENGL 466 African American Novel I
- ENGL 467 African American Novel II
- ENGL 468 African American Poetry
- ENGL 469 Slavery and the Literary Imagination
- ENGL 470 Rhetorical Theory and Practice
- ENGL 471 Rhetorical Traditions
- ENGL 472 Current Theories of Writing and Reading
- ENGL 473 Rhetorical Approaches to Discourse
- ENGL 474 Issues in Rhetoric and Composition
- ENGL 475 Comics Studies
- ENGL 476 Arab American Literature
- ENGL 478 Grant Writing
- ENGL 480 Communication Design for Writers
- ENGL 481 Literary Theory: Historical Perspectives
- ENGL 482 Contemporary Literary Theory and Practice
- ENGL 482W Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory
- ENGL 483 Problems in Critical Theory and Practice
- ENGL 486 The World Novel in English
- ENGL 487W Senior Seminar
- ENGL 490 Women Writers and Their Worlds
- ENGL 491 The Capstone Course in Professional Writing
- ENGL 492 American Women Writers
- FIN 301 Corporation Finance
- FIN 301H Corporation Finance (Honors)
- JST 427 Topics in Jewish American Literature
- JST 459 Writing Palestine-Israel
- LTNST 426 Chicana and Chicano Cultural Production: Literature, Film, Music
- PLSC 409 Democratic Deliberation
- WMNST 420W Gender and International Development
- WMNST 462 Reading Black, Reading Feminist
- WMNST 490 Women Writers and Their Worlds
- WMNST 491 American Women Writers