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3.00 Credits
A critical survey of the messages and roles of the Hebrew prophets in light of their historical, cultural, and theological background in Israel and the ancient Near East. The course includes an examination of prophecy in the biblical literature. Prerequisite: REL 308 or permission of instructor.
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A survey, including major figures in Islamic philosophy, from al Kindi to al Ghazzali and Ibn 'Arabi, and the issues unique to Islamic thought and their attempted solutions. The time span will reflect the influence of Greek philosophy, particularly Hellenistic Neoplatonism as well as Asian philosophy. Efforts to reconcile philosophy with Islam will be considered, as will the problem of religious diversity and the influences of Islamic philosophy upon European Medieval philosophy and religion. Prerequisite: At least one 200-level philosophy course or permission of the instructor. (PHI 280 and/or PHI 282 are recommended.)
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3.00 Credits
A critical survey of the messages and roles of the Hebrew prophets in light of their historical, cultural, and theological background in Israel and the ancient Near East. The course will include an examination of prophecy in the biblical literature. Prerequisite: REL 308 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to the complex practices of writing, reading, and thinking required in many university courses. Students learn to approach writing as a process of invention, crafting, revising, and editing. The course also emphasizes the rhetorical aspects of writing, such as audience, arrangement, and academic conventions. Students learn to read diverse texts critically by practicing close-reading strategies, such as highlighting, annotating, and double-entry note taking. Students should become more confident and competent at understanding the positions of others as well as asserting their own informed perspectives. Designated sections of the course require additional work on basic skills. This course may not be elected on a Pass/No Pass basis. Laboratory fee.
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3.00 Credits
Emphasizes close reading, analytical writing, and critical thinking that are fundamental for many upper-level courses. Building upon the abilities introduced in RPW 110, critical thinking is taught as students learn to examine multiple perspectives, to analyze an argument, to find and evaluate sources (print and digital), and to present a persuasive viewpoint. As students assert their informed perspectives, they learn to engage with the words and ideas of others without compromising their academic integrity. A primary goal of the course is for students to learn to participate fully in scholarly discourses and debates. Designated sections of this course require additional work in basic skills. This course may not be elected on a Pass/No Pass basis. Prerequisite: RPW 110. Laboratory fee.
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3.00 Credits
This foundation course in critical thinking allows students to sharpen their abilities to form and present clear, reasoned opinions. Working from the rhetorical perspective informed by classical theorists such as Aristotle and Stephen Toulmin, as well as contemporary scholars like Candace Spigelman and Henry Louis Gates Jr., the course sees writing as action oriented and audience centered. It is open to any student who wishes to hone argumentative skills in written and spoken English. Prerequisite: RPW 110 or permission of instructor. (Writing-intensive course) Laboratory fee.
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3.00 Credits
This course prepares students to meet diverse business and professional communication needs of the contemporary workplace. Learning and performing business communication functions in a workshop setting, students build on a range of existing and new problem-solving, communication, management, and collaboration skills. To further refine an understanding of these skills, students complete projects around real-world and simulated problems, including a problem report, a grant proposal, and a business plan. Prerequisite: RPW 110 or permission of instructor. (Writing-intensive course) Laboratory fee.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the practice of writing in the workplace by bringing together fragments of our talents (what we know, what we can do, what interests us) in order to do the work of professional writers. Students study the language of online and print technical communication; discuss ethical problems in professional communication settings; and examine storyboards, proposals and reports, websites, charts and graphs, marketing materials, and other professional documents with a sharpened rhetorical sensitivity. Students engage in intensive practice of writing individual and collaborative documents for business and industry, including memos, letters, proposals, reports, procedures, descriptions, research designs, and basic HTML. Prerequisite: RPW 110 or permission of instructor. (Writingintensive course) Laboratory fee.
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Teaches students to think critically about literacy itself. The course examines the implications of changing definitions of reading and writing by placing literacy in a historical context. The social as well as the cognitive effects of reading and writing are studied by locating literacy in various academic and cultural contexts. Other issues include visual and digital literacies as well as students' own literacy practices. The course may be taken as a requirement of the Rhetoric and Professional Writing major and/or as a writing-intensive course for any student in the College of Arts and Sciences. Prerequisite: RPW 110. (Writing-intensive course) Laboratory fee.
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3.00 Credits
If, as Aristotle claims, rhetoric is the study of the available means of persuasion, then it seems imperative that rhetoric turn its attention to the ways in which activists concerned with issues of gender and sexuality have sought to enact social and political change in a range of contexts throughout history. This course applies rhetorical analysis to essays, speeches, documentary films, visual media, and artifacts from activist organizations, all in an effort to understand better the techniques that gender activists use to mobilize, to challenge, and to create change. Prerequisites: RPW 110 and GS 100, or permission of instructor. (Writing-intensive course) Laboratory fee.
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