Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Discussion
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing OR Instructor Consent.
Description
This course addresses writing as a medium of control over ideas, individuals and/or groups. Course content may include theories of writing, rhetoric, and discourse; writing and ethnicities; writing and gender; and tools for analyzing power discourses. Objects of study may include academic and professional disciplines, advertising, legislation, media and news coverage, propaganda, and social justice, among other topics.