Whitman Rhetoric and Film Studies Department

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Rhetoric and Film Studies Courses Page

Detailed Descriptions of the courses are available in the catalogue. View the catalogue at:

PUBLIC SPEAKING COURSES

RFS 110, Fundamentals of Public Address

RFS 250, Persuasion, Agitation, and Social Movements

FORENSIC COURSES

RFS 121, Fundamentals of Debate

RFS 221, Intercollegiate Parliamentary Debate and Speaking Events

RFS 222, Intercollegiate Policy Debate

RHETORIC-PUBLIC ARGUMENT COURSES

RFS 240, Rhetorical Explorations: Race, Class, and Gender (can count for alternative voices distribution)

RFS 340, Background of African American Protest Rhetoric (can count for alternative voices distribution; can be taken as a politics course)

RFS 350, Freedom of Speech and the First Amendment (can be taken as a politics course)

RFS 351, Argument in the Law and Politics (can be taken as a politics course)

RFS 352, Political Campaign Rhetoric (can be taken as a politics course)

RFS 371, Rhetoric in Early Western Culture

RFS 379 and 380, Special Topics in Rhetoric and Film Studies (e.g. Kenneth Burke, American Public Address, TV and Film courses in other departments)

FILM ANALYSIS COURSES

RFS 160, Introduction to Film Studies

RFS 365, Special Topics in Rhetoric and Film Studies (e.g. Westerns)

RFS 366, Special Topics: Major Figures in Film (e.g. The Silver Age in Cinema)

RFS 367, Special Topics: Film Studies and Popular Culture

RFS 368: Special Topics: World Cinema (e.g. Gender and Sexuality in Hispanic and Brazilian Film)

FILM PRODUCTION COURSES

RFS 165, Introduction to Filmmaking

RFS 360, Advanced Film

COURSES FOR FILM AND RHETORIC

RFS 401, 402, Independent Study

RFS 387, Rhetoric and Film Criticism

RFS 491, Thesis in Rhetoric and Film Studies

RFS 498, Honors Thesis in Rhetoric and Film Studies

Questions should be directed to Jim Hanson at hansonjb@whitman.edu