Courses
Courses primarily for undergraduates:
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Theory, principles, and competency development in comprehensive, therapeutic, critical, consumer, and appreciative listening. The impact of listening in relationships and partnerships. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Theory and practice of basic speech communication principles applied to public speaking. Practice in the preparation and delivery of extemporaneous speeches. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Survey of great speeches examined within their political and cultural contexts. Analysis of the rhetorical strategies of diverse speakers with an emphasis on texts from social movements in the United States. Meets U.S. Cultures and Communities (formerly U.S. Diversity) Requirement.
(Cross-listed with ENGL 2750).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: Credit or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 2500
Analysis of how information and entertainment forms persuade and manipulate audiences. Study of several forms that may include newspapers, speeches, television, film, advertising, fiction, and magazines. Special attention to verbal and visual devices.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 1-2. Repeatable, maximum of 4 credits.
Prereq: 3 credits in SPCM; Department Permission
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
(Cross-listed with ENGL 3100).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: ENGL 2500
Fundamental principles of rhetorical criticism. Focus on selected theories for analyzing cultural texts, including essays, speeches, film, technical and scientific documents, and websites. Emphasis on identifying artifacts, formulating research questions, applying methodologies, and understanding and practicing critical analysis through discussion and in writing.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Theory, principles, and competency development in the creation of coherent, articulate business and professional oral presentations. SPCM 2120 or prior public speaking experience recommended. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
(Cross-listed with WGS 3230).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Examination of how understanding and enactment of gender identity is shaped by communication. Verbal and nonverbal communication across various contexts including personal relationships and the media. Explores discourse of social movements aiming to transform cultural definitions of gender. Meets U.S. Cultures and Communities (formerly U.S. Diversity) Requirement.
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: SPCM 2120
Speech communication in the legal system inside and outside the trial process: interviewing and counseling, negotiating and bargaining, voir dire, opening statements, examination of witnesses, closing arguments, judge's instructions, jury behavior, and appellate advocacy.
(Cross-listed with CLST 3500/ ENGL 3500).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: ENGL 2500
Ideas about the relationship between rhetoric and society in contemporary and historical contexts. An exploration of classical and contemporary rhetorical theories in relation to selected topics that may include politics, gender, race, ethics, education, science, or technology.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
Credits: 1-3. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Prereq: 18 credits in SPCM; Junior classification; Department Permission
Only one independent study enrollment is permitted within the department per semester.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
(Cross-listed with EDUC 4950B).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Problems, methods, and materials related to teaching speech, theatre, and media in secondary schools. (Typically Offered: Fall)
Courses primarily for graduate students, open to qualified undergraduates:
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Introduction to the teaching of public speaking. Exploration of pedagogical theory and methods related to SPCM 2120 objectives, pedagogical approaches, lesson planning, assignment development, and evaluation of student projects. Required of all new teaching assistants teaching SPCM 2120. (Typically Offered: Fall)
(Cross-listed with ENGL 5400).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.
Primary texts in dramatic genres from various literary periods, in critical and cultural contexts. Frequently concentrates on the English Renaissance and the Shakespearean stage.
(Cross-listed with ENGL 5470).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Rhetorical theory from the classical period of ancient Greece through to the 20th century; attention to rhetoric's relation to the nature of knowledge, communication, practice, and pedagogy.
(Cross-listed with ENGL 5480).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Contemporary theories that address the production, reception, and critical evaluation of cultural artifacts and communicative events; these theories address power, ideology, and the norms of public discourse. Theories covered may include Postmodernism, Feminist Theory, Public Sphere Theory, as well as Critical Race Theory, Social Justice Theory, Disability Theory, Queer Theory, and/or Intercultural Theories of Communication and Rhetoric.
(Cross-listed with ENGL 5490).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Rhetorical principles of interactive multimedia design, such as those in streaming multimedia as part of workplace documents. Practical understanding of the computer applications used in interactive multimedia development. Focus on theoretical and practical elements of producing multimedia for training in both education and industry. Work with interactive hypertext, digital audio, and nonlinear video editing.
Credits: 1-4. Repeatable, maximum of 12 credits.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
(Cross-listed with ENGL 5920A).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Seminar on topics central to the fields of rhetoric and professional communication or composition. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
(Cross-listed with ENGL 5920B).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Seminar on topics central to the fields of rhetoric and professional communication or composition. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
(Cross-listed with ENGL 5920C).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Seminar on topics central to the fields of rhetoric and professional communication or composition. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Courses for graduate students:
(Cross-listed with ENGL 6110).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.
Rhetorical theory, criticism, and/or practice in relation to a historical period or a particular theoretical issue.