RHET 189 A-Z - Special Topics in Speech Communication and Rhetorical StudiesSemester Hours: 1-4
Fall, Spring
Intensive study of major communication theories, situations, paradigms, and/or scholars. Subjects to be selected yearly. The following course numbers indicate subjects in selected areas of emphasis: 181A-Z performance; 187A-Z rhetoric; 189A-Z communication theory.
Current Special Topics:
RHET 189N - Gender, Sexuality, and Race in the Struggle Over the Women’s Vote
We will focus on the roles played by Black women’s literary societies and sororities, and on key figures such as Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Frances Ellen Watkins-Harper, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Fannie Lou Hamer, Pauli Murray and others who have continued the struggle for the women’s vote.
Crosslisted as AFST 187P , LGBT 181B , WST 150B
RHET 189Z - Reading Karl Marx Today
This course is an intensive study of the first volume of Karl Marx’s Capital from the perspective of the present. We will apply Marxian categories to present-day capitalism, determining their contemporary relevance and usefulness. We will also review how capitalism itself has evolved since the time of Marx and consider whether economic changes necessitate an extension or an abandonment of the Marxian analytical framework. Students who complete this course will have developed their own well-founded conclusions regarding the strengths and limitations of the analysis presented in Capital, particularly regarding the applicability of this analysis to contemporary capitalism. This background will provide an excellent basis for further advanced work in any of the social sciences and/or humanities where many concepts that Marx originally proposed or developed are still used, often without attribution.
Crosslisted as LABR 155G , LACS 016D
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
One of the following: RHET 001 , 004 , 005 , 007 ; or permission of the instructor. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule.
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