This course introduces students to specific rhetorical models and principles for persuading audiences.  Subject areas include written, oral,  and visual rhetoric across various convergent media/multimodal  genres of writing.  The course will cover how to select a rhetorical approach based on genre, audience, purpose, and context.  It will include how to read and use images to create or reinforce a written or oral argument.  Students are exposed to current persuasive writing genres, including social media platforms and other forms of public communication and discourse.

MCO2399-SYLLABUS-Fall 2012-20 August 2012-pdf

MCO2399-CALENDAR-Fall 2012–20 Aug 2012-pdf