Rhetoric

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Rhetoric Courses

For Undergraduates

General Education

010:001 Rhetoric I	4 s.h.
First semester of a two-course sequence combining writing, speaking, and reading; emphasis on rhetorical analysis and understanding rhetorical acts in their social contexts; argument and persuasion, research, shaping discourse for readers and listeners. GE: rhetoric.

010:002 Rhetoric II	4 s.h.
Second of the two-course sequence begun in 010:001. GE: rhetoric.

010:003 Accelerated Rhetoric	4 s.h.
Combines 010:001 and 010:002 into one semester. Placement based on ACT or AP scores. GE: rhetoric.

010:004 Writing and Reading	3 s.h.
Writing portion of the accelerated course 010:003; introductory course in writing required of students who have completed a college-level public speaking course but have not had an equivalent college or university writing course. GE: rhetoric. Prerequisite: completion of speaking requirement.

010:006 Speaking and Reading	3 s.h.
Speaking portion of the accelerated course 010:003; introductory course in speaking required of students who have completed a college-level writing course but have not had an equivalent college or university speaking course; intended to improve speaking, listening, critical, analytical, and advocacy skills. GE: rhetoric. Prerequisite: completion of writing requirement.

Other Courses

010:009 Individual Instruction in Writing

2 s.h.

Focus on needs, interests of student. Prerequisites: consent of Writing Center director; closed to students who have completed the rhetoric requirement.

The following rhetoric courses are offered on a three-year cycle and more frequently when possible.

010:020 Academic Seminar I	3 s.h.
IowaLink seminar. Prerequisite: first-year standing.

010:021 Academic Seminar II	3 s.h.
IowaLink seminar. Prerequisite: first-year standing.

010:029 First-Year Seminar	1-2 s.h.
Small discussion class taught by a faculty member; topics chosen by instructor; may include outside activities (e.g., films, lectures, performances, readings, visits to research facilities). Prerequisite: first- or second-semester standing.

For Undergraduate and Graduate Students

010:128 Racial Narrative and American Performance	3 s.h.
Same as 048:128, 129:128.

010:131 Classical Rhetoric and Greek Culture	3 s.h.
Origins, development of the art of rhetoric from Sophists to Aristotle; significance to Greek culture from fifth to fourth century B.C. GE: humanities. Same as 036:143.

010:132 African American Literary/Rhetorical Criticism I	3 s.h.
Same as 008:160, 129:130.

010:133 African American Literary/Rhetorical Criticism II	3 s.h.
Same as 008:166, 129:131, 160:162.

010:141 Rhetoric and Past Public Controversy	3 s.h.
Role of rhetoric in public controversy in particular historical time periods; focus on various perspectives, diverse voices, and multiple arguments informing particular movements/issues. GE: historical perspectives. Same as 036:158.

010:150 U.S. Latino/a Cultural Studies	3 s.h.
Same as 610:150.

010:160 Issues in Rhetoric and Culture	3 s.h.
Rhetorical theory and criticism as culturally embedded practices; rhetorical production of selves and social difference; relationships between rhetoric and literature, philosophy, popular texts. Same as 008:181, 036:146, 048:160, 160:160.

010:198 Special Projects for Undergraduates	arr.

For Graduate Students

010:201 Foundations for Feminist Inquiry II	3 s.h.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Same as 036:316, 131:201.

010:230 Rhetorical Criticism	3 s.h.
Approaches to rhetorical analysis of communicative artifacts, acts, events, rhetorical-critical essay writing. Same as 036:220.

010:243 Feminist Cultural Studies	3 s.h.
Same as 008:243, 036:222, 131:243.

010:264 Postcolonial Feminist Theory	3 s.h.
Same as 131:264, 160:280.

010:275 Topics in Second Language Acquisition: Writing	3 s.h.
Theory, research, pedagogy, and assessment in second-language writing. Same as 035:227, 164:227.

010:301 Classical Rhetoric	2-4 s.h.
Discourse in the ancient world. Same as 008:267, 20E:230, 036:310.

010:330 Issues in the History of Rhetoric	3 s.h.
Rhetorical history and historiography.

010:332 Critical Ethnography	3 s.h.
How power relations constitute the work of ethnographic research; ethnography as a rhetorical form--how ethnographic inscription renders self, other, culture, and the world intelligible in ways that reinscribe and/or challenge dominant social relations; axes of power such as race, class, gender, sexuality, and nation within postcolonial, feminist, and antiracist approaches to ethnographic/autoethnographic theory and praxis; negotiating researcher privilege and epistemic violence; crisis of representation. Same as 036:378, 160:332.

010:340 Current Issues in Rhetoric	3 s.h.
Ethical, social, or cultural issues; rhetoric's role in their contemporary significance; traditional aspects of rhetoric, their pertinence to present concerns. Same as 008:315, 036:317, 160:340.

010:350 Colloquium: Teaching Rhetoric	arr.

010:360 Issues in Rhetoric and Culture	3 s.h.
Rhetorical theory and criticism as culturally embedded practices; rhetorical production of selves and social difference; relationships between rhetoric and literature, philosophy, popular texts. Repeatable. Same as 008:263, 160:360.

010:375 Teaching in a Writing Center	3 s.h.
Seminar/practicum to prepare graduate students to teach in the University of Iowa Writing Center or similar settings; seminar component on writing and reading processes, tutoring strategies, English-as-a-second-language issues; practicum experience tutoring in the Writing Center. Same as 08N:375.

010:550 Special Project for Graduate Students	arr.

010:600 Seminar in Rhetorical Theory	1-4 s.h.
Same as 036:336.

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