Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: RHETORIC OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course will explore the rhetoric of science and technology through examination of historically important speeches, campaigns, and other persuasive expression that has contributed to contemporary scientific and technological culture. Emphasis will be on the communication associated with scientific and technological culture rather than on the science or technology. The primary question for the course is, "How are science and technology expressed and persuasively promoted as human activities?