In this course, students explore the rhetoric of oral and visual communication. The course is grounded in the rhetoric of semiotics, which understands visual and oral texts as systems of signs that generate meaning in particular settings ? professional, academic, and cultural. Students learn about traditional ways of using signs and about creative, innovative and challenging ways of using signs to tell new narratives, paying particular attention to the ways in which signs generate narratives (including but not limited to race and disability). The assignments in this course use concepts in theatre and in visual design to practice skills required to complete the honors thesis and advanced research, including conducting hard copy/ online poster presentations and in-person and on-line interviews/ presentations.