Course Template for Rhetoric/Public Communication
For more information please contact the faculty associated with this template:
- Leslie Harris, maiharrisl@uwm.edu
- John Jordan, jjordan@uwm.edu
- William Keith, wmkeith@uwm.edu
- Kathryn Olson, kolson@uwm.edu
900-level Methods Courses - 6 credits minimum (Required)
- Commun 900: Philosophy and Practice of Communication (3 cr.)
- Commun 952: Methods in Communication Research: [subtitle] (3 cr.; may be repeatable up to 6 cr. with change of topic)
Thematic Rhetoric/Public Communication Courses - 15 credits minimum (Required)
- Commun 735: Theories of Rhetorical Communication
- Commun 762: Argumentation in Theory and Practice
- Commun 772: Rhetorical Leadership and Ethics
- Commun 835: Seminar in Contemporary Public Address
- Commun 860: Seminar: Issues in Communication when it is a Rhetoric Theme (3 cr.; repeatable up to 9 cr. with change in topic)
- Commun 862: Public Deliberation
- Commun 872: Rhetoric of Constituting Community and Social Controversy
- Commun 873: The Digital Mirror
- Commun 882: Rhetoric of Kenneth Burke
- Commun 893: Rhetoric of/and the Internet
Electives - 21 additional credits minimum (beyond the 15 Thematic Rhetoric Credits)
- Commun 701: Critical Analysis of Communication
Additional Rhetoric courses from the above list
- Non-rhetoric 700 - and above level Communication courses
Approved graduate courses from other departments, such as:
- Anthro 744: Theories of Social Action: Understanding Agency and Social Structure
- English 709: Rhetoric, Writing, and Information Technology
- English 713: Qualitative Research in Writing and Literacy
- English 732: Modern English Grammar
- English 734: The Rhetoric of Written Discourse
- English 750: History of Rhetoric I: Classical Rhetoric
- English 751: History of Rhetoric II
- English 753: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
- English 755: Issues in Composition Studies
- English 761: Discourse Analysis
- English 764: Sociolinguistics
- English 765: Semantics and Pragmatics
- English 812: Seminar in Theories of Composition and Rhetoric
- English 850: Seminar in the History of Rhetoric
- English 853: Seminar in Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
- JMC 835: Politics and the Mass Media
- JMC 860: Seminar in Mass Communication
- Ad Ldsp 757: Principles and Foundations of Adult Education
- Ad Ldsp 777: Leadership in Multicultural Organizations
- Ad Ldsp 897: Seminar in the Philosophy and History of Adult Education