WRI 441 - Topics in Rhetorical Criticism

Four Credits
Spring Semester

This course will focus on enhancing students’ abilities to critically analyze and respond to public messages found in political speaking, public advocacy, popular culture, and visual and new media narratives that appear throughout the digital world. Students will learn and apply effective writing techniques throughout the term and explore both on-line and traditional prose styles.

Prerequisite(s): Completion of the First-Year-Seminar requirement.
Fulfills the Writing-in-the-Disciplines requirement. (This is a particularly good option for students in American Studies, Catholic Studies, Cinema Studies, Creative Writing, Environmental Studies, Environmental Science, and Journalism.)

May not receive credit for both WRI 441 and