Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: PERSUASION AND POLITICAL RHETORIC

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course will survey research and writing in the fields of persuasion and political communication. Of particular interest will be explanations of political communication based in rhetorical theory. Students will study historically important political speeches, debates, and advertisements. Emphasis will be on academic exploration of political rhetoric as human expression.