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Dec 26, 2024
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COMS 8360 - Topics in Communication and Cultural Critique
This course addresses the convergent aims of rhetoric and cultural studies, viewing both traditions as theoretical invitations to political and cultural critique. It acknowledges the rich and contested histories of both intellectual traditions and engages modes of inquiry that attend to matters of culture, identity, representation, power, ideology, and democracy as they implicate and intersect with our understandings of communicative practices and behaviors. Through the course, students become familiar with the common influences and divergent histories of rhetoric and cultural studies so that they may more productively engage in scholarship that contributes to the critique of public culture. Topics vary. Students may repeat the course for a total of 12 credits.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 12.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Define key concepts and terms that reflect the intersection of rhetoric and cultural studies.
- Identify common sites of ideology and cultural production.
- Critique common uses of identity, representation, and power.
- Use critical and cultural theory to ask questions about communication practices.
- Compare and contrast different intellectual and theoretical approaches to cultural critique.
- Describe and apply the necessary components of a cultural critique research paper.
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