ENG/280
Rhetoric and Critical Thinking
Course level: Undergraduate
Christine O.
BSA
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This course introduces students to rhetoric, argument, and critical thinking as tools for understanding how persuasion works. Students explore key rhetorical concepts and apply them to examine how writers and speakers make choices for particular audiences, purposes, and contexts. Through the study and practice of argument, students build the skills needed to explain rhetorical choices and develop arguments that respond thoughtfully to specific rhetorical situations.
Prerequisites
ENG/110 - English Composition I or equivalent
(Evaluation of submitted requirements may take up to 72 hours to be approved.)
Required materials
The materials required for this course are covered in your resource fees.
Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.
Developing Arguments
Develop an argument that responds to a specific rhetorical situation
Applying Rhetorical Concepts
Apply an understanding of rhetorical concepts to explain why specific rhetorical choices are made in an argument
Rhetoric
Explain key concepts used in rhetorical arguments