ENGL 471Rhetorical Traditions
This course introduces students to significant texts and movements in the history of rhetoric from antiquity to the present. The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with the role that rhetoric has played in shaping the attitudes of societies throughout the world. The content of the course may vary from semester to semester, as different aspects, movements, or periods in the history of rhetoric may be foregrounded for special attention. Any version of the course, however, will attend to central documents in the history of rhetoric and consider them within a broad historical perspective.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “ENGL 15 or ENGL 15A or ENGL 15S or ENGL 15E or ESL 15 or ENGL 30H or ENGL 30T or ENGL 137H or CAS 137H”
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 3 · Spring (1 program).
Required in (2)
- Rhetoric, Minor
- Writing and Digital Media, B.A.
One of the options in (3)
- Technical Writing, Minor
- Writing and Digital Media, Minor
- Writing, Minor