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Title: Social Movement Rhetoric
Course Section Number: RHE-370-02
Department: Rhetoric
Description: How and why do individuals mobilize into collectives? How do social movements negotiate, contest, and mitigate against institutional systems, opposition movements, and lack of resources to affect change? This course will examine the communication strategies of social movements. We will examine historical and contemporary social movements, with topics including but not limited to civil rights, environmentalism, and women's rights. Students will read essays of rhetorical criticism, encounter primary and popular texts and media, and produce an independent rhetorical criticism on a topic of their choosing.
Credits: 1.00
Start Date: January 18, 2027
End Date: May 8, 2027
Meeting Information:
01/18/2027-05/08/2027 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 09:45AM - 11:00AM, Room to be Announced
Faculty: Tscholl, Gabriela

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Section Name/Title Status Dept. Capacity Enrolled/
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RHE-370-02
Social Movement Rhetoric
OPEN Rhetoric 16 0 / 16 / 0
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