Academic Calendar 2015/2016 - Topics in Language and Rhetoric

ENGL 3026  Topics in Language and Rhetoric

Prerequisites:

Six credits from the following: ENGL 2006, ENGL 2007, ENGL 2025, ENGL 2255, ENGL 2265

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

This course explores topics, concepts, and approaches in theory and production of both language and rhetoric. Topics in rhetoric may include the rhetoric of the image (both static and dynamic), of discourses (for example, scientific, pop cultural, academic), as well as modes of persuasion and notions of audience. Topics in language may include the history of the language, English structure and functions (advanced grammar), and modes of instruction. Specific content varies from year to year.