Multimedia Writing and Rhetoric

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Multimedia Writing and Rhetoric focuses on ethical, rhetorical, and practical dimensions of composing across modalities. Students explore ways image, sound, language, and design help writers achieve rhetorical goals in specific contexts and with specific audiences. Students read, analyze, research, and create a variety of multimodal texts including such genres as podcasts, videos, presentations, posters, fine art, and print-based essays. Prior technological skills are not necessary, but students should be open to experimenting with tools for multimodal composing and revising.