ENGL3500-A Study Of Persuasion (Spring 2024)
Course Details
Session, Dates: 1 (01/16/2024 - 05/03/2024)
Days: T R
Time: 03:30 - 04:45 pm
Location: Moon Campus
Room: Hale Center 104
Seats Available: 10 Seats
Credits: 3
Course Description
This course explores the nature and place of discourse, especially persuasive discourse, in society and in history. Much attention is given to classical, modern, and contemporary rhetorical systems; to the mutual influence of rhetoric and other academic disciplines; and to the relationship of rhetoric, communication, and various media. Also considered are rhetorical criticism, audience-text-writer constraints, and how these constraints interact to make meaning.
Prerequisites: CSCM1030 (COSK2220) or CSHR1030 (COSK2225) and any ELIT course 3 Credits
Prerequisites: CSCM1030 (COSK2220) or CSHR1030 (COSK2225) and any ELIT course 3 Credits
Course Materials
About the Instructor(s)
Edward L. Karshner, Ph.D.
karshner@rmu.edu
412-397-6444 phone
412-397-6468 fax
Wheatley Center 209
Profile
Professor of English
Arts and Humanities
karshner@rmu.edu
412-397-6444 phone
412-397-6468 fax
Wheatley Center 209
Profile