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Title: Defense Against Dark Rhet Arts
Course Section Number: FRT-101-04
Department: Freshman Tutorial
Description: Are you prepared to defend against the sinister forces that will try to manipulate your thoughts and actions? In arenas such as social media, advertising, and election campaigns, you will face a variety of dark rhetorical arts from disinformation and propaganda to demagoguery and trolling. This course will study the strategies and tactics of these dark arts and equip you with practical tools to defend against them. We will also consider the ethical principles of public discourse that we can employ in our own lives.
Credits: 1.00
Start Date: August 21, 2024
End Date: December 14, 2024
Meeting Information:
08/22/2024-12/12/2024 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 09:45AM - 11:00AM, Room to be Announced
Faculty: Drury, Jeffrey

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Section Name/Title Status Dept. Capacity Enrolled/
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FRT-101-04
Defense Against Dark Rhet Arts
OPEN Freshman Tutorial 16 0 / 16 / 0