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Rhetoric What we Study Courses Minor and Majors Faculty Contests Forensics |
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Paige
Joki has studied a variety of rhetoric issues
including a controversial education report in the state of Idaho, child
beauty pageants, ‘weightest’ rhetoric, and Cosmo representations
of gender.
Zach
Johnston is a Political Legal Rhetoric major. He is interested in a variety
of subjects-- political
speeches, Egyptian football riots, and post-structuralist
thinkers. |
Rhetoric
Learning Goals Rhetoric Studies engages students majoring
in the department to understand the social, political, theoretical, and
cultural contexts of communication. Ultimately, students become conversant in
engaging, analyzing, conceptualizing, and discussing rhetoric in their area
of interest whether that is political and legal rhetoric, social justice
rhetoric, theory about rhetoric and discourse, or rhetoric generally. Specifically, our department pursues a
broader, liberal arts approach to rhetoric studies so that: 1) Students
engage in effective communication in their presentations, discussion, and
writing by using clear, persuasive, and interesting rhetoric. 2) Students
analyze arguments, values, and differing symbols presented in speeches, legal
documents, social activist advocacy, etc. Such analysis will demonstrate insight,
reflection, and thought on rhetoric in society. 3) Students
conceptualize rhetoric and discursive processes in clear, accurate, and
productive ways, informed with a wide variety of rhetorical methods, models,
and approaches toward communication. 4) Students
discuss with an intellectual grounding the role of rhetoric in politics and
the law, social justice and activism, theoretical explorations, and the
larger community. |
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