| Title: | Sports Rhetoric |
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| Course Section Number: | RHE-270-01SR |
| Department: | Rhetoric |
| Description: | Sport plays an integral role in forming the social and political fabric of society. As a center of public attention, sport amplifies hopes and joys as well as concerns and issues. Sport is a platform for public discourse about who we are and what we value. That is to say, sport both reflects and shapes culture. In this course we will study rhetorics of sport and sporting culture, including how athletes, coaches, leagues, broadcasters, and fans use language, image, and ritual. We will consider myths, heroes, and sacred rituals of sport, apologia and image repair, the construction of gender and race in sport, and sport's role in democracy and community. Students will complete reading assignments, presentations, and independent rhetorical criticism. Seniors should reigster for RHE-270-01SR. FR, SO and JR should register for RHE-270-01. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 18, 2027 |
| End Date: | May 8, 2027 |
| Meeting Information: |
01/18/2027-05/08/2027 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 08:00AM - 09:15AM, Room to be Announced
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| Faculty: | Mehltretter, Sara |
| Requisite Courses: | One Rhetoric course. |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 20 |
|---|---|
| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 0 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
| Section Name/Title | Status | Dept. | Capacity |
Enrolled/ Available/ Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
RHE-270-01SR
(cross-listing)
Sports Rhetoric |
OPEN | Rhetoric | 10 | 0 / 10 / 0 |
|
RHE-270-01
(primary)
Sports Rhetoric |
OPEN | Rhetoric | 10 | 0 / 10 / 0 |