Courses in Speech and Rhetoric
SPCH 1013. Oral
Communication.
(SPCH 1301) Elements and processes of interpersonal communication in
all modes. Small group activities, oral interpretation of
literature, and extemporaneous speaking. Evaluative listening and
speaking experience. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three
hours.
SPCH 3203. Multicultural Communication. Theory and practice
of multicultural communication. Students explore American
co-cultures--including, but not limited to Native-Americans,
African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Asian-Americans--within the
contexts of political rhetoric, business communication, and
education. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 5343: Rhetoric
and Composition: Theory and Practice.
Introduction to theory and research in rhetoric and composition with
special emphasis on preparation for teaching college composition.
Prerequisite: Bachelor’s degree with a concentration in English or
allied field. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 5353: Rhetoric and Composition: Theory and Pedagogy of
Electronic Texts. Rhetorical theories and techniques of teaching
with non-print texts, particular attention to writing, literature,
and interactions between text and image. Prerequisite: ENG 5343.
Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. May be repeated for
credit when topics vary.
ENG 6203. History of Rhetoric I: Foundations of classical,
medieval, renaissance, and seventeenth-century rhetoric.
Readings in Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, medieval
rhetorical handbooks, schools in the Renaissance, humanism, poetics
and rhetoric in the seventeenth century. Three lecture hours a week.
Credit: Three hours.
ENG 6213. History of Rhetoric II: Historical survey of rhetoric
from the Enlightenment to the present. Readings in Locke, Vico,
contributions of Blair, Campbell, and Whately, pulpit oratory,
elocution, American composition and rhetoric, new perspectives,
contemporary rhetorical strategies, invention and discourse theory.
Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 6313. Studies in Rhetorical Criticism and Discourse Analysis.
Directed investigation of topics in the patterned use of language
such as semiotics, narratology, discourse analysis, and stylistics
as approaches to criticism of written texts and other forms of
symbolic communication. May be repeated for credit when the specific
topic of investigation varies. Three lecture hours a week. Credit:
Three hours.
ENG 6323. Studies in Feminist Rhetoric. Directed
investigation of problems in feminism and rhetoric such as feminist
histories of rhetoric, feminist rhetorical theories, feminist
composition pedagogy, feminism and technology, and feminist
epistemology. May be repeated for credit when the specific topic of
investigation varies. Three seminar hours a week. Credit: Three
hours.
ENG 6343. Major Rhetorical Theories. Intensive investigation
of selected major rhetoricians and schools of rhetorical thought
within the history and development or rhetoric. Prerequisite: ENG
6203 or permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit up to
12 hours when specific topic of investigation varies. Three lecture
hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 6733. Studies in the Profession of Rhetoric and Composition.
Current theoretical issues and skills needed for professions in
academic and non-academic settings, such as administering writing
programs, designing cross-discipline writing programs, or pursuing
careers in writing and editing in business settings. May be repeated
for credit when topic of investigation varies. Three lecture hours a
week. Credit: Three hours.
