NATURE OF CRITICISM-THE PUBLIC ARTS OF COMMUNICATION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Communicate appreciation of significant rhetorical texts Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify, evaluate, and apply significant methods of rhetorical criticism to rhetorical artifacts Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify rhetorical critics who have made significant contributions to the field of rhetorical criticism Audience: Undergraduate 4. Articulate the relationship between critic, method, and text Audience: Undergraduate 5. Define and explain the importance of audience, argument, and intent when performing rhetorical criticism Audience: Undergraduate 6. Read, understand, and analyze peer-reviewed scholarly essays in the field of rhetorical criticism Audience: Undergraduate 7. Deliver a cogent and concise research presentation Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Communicate appreciation of significant rhetorical texts Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify, evaluate, and apply significant methods of rhetorical criticism to rhetorical artifacts Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify rhetorical critics who have made significant contributions to the field of rhetorical criticism Audience: Undergraduate 4. Articulate the relationship between critic, method, and text Audience: Undergraduate 5. Define and explain the importance of audience, argument, and intent when performing rhetorical criticism Audience: Undergraduate 6. Read, understand, and analyze peer-reviewed scholarly essays in the field of rhetorical criticism Audience: Undergraduate 7. Deliver a cogent and concise research presentation Audience: Undergraduate