Rhetoric

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RHETOR R1A The Craft of Writing 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018
Rhetorical approach to reading and writing argumentative discourse. Close reading of selected texts; written themes developed from class discussion and analysis of rhetorical strategies. Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing Requirement

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Rhetoric/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Final exam not required.

Formerly known as: 1A

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RHETOR R1B The Craft of Writing 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018
Intensive argumentative writing drawn from controversy stimulated through selected readings and class discussion. Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Previously passed an R1A course with a letter grade of C- or better. <BR/>Previously passed an articulated R1A course with a letter grade of C- or better. <BR/>Score a 4 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature and Composition. <BR/>Score a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language and Composition. <BR/>Score of 5, 6, or 7 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination in English

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Rhetoric/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Final exam not required.

Formerly known as: 1B

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RHETOR 2 Fundamentals of Public Speaking 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 2019 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2017 Second 6 Week Session
Basic principles of rhetoric as applied to the criticism and practice of public speaking.
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Hours & Format

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Rhetoric/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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RHETOR 10 Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2018, Summer 2018 First 6 Week Session
An introduction to practical reasoning and the critical analysis of argument. Topics treated will include: definition, the syllogism, the enthymeme, fallacies, as well as various non-logical appeals. Also, the course will treat in introductory fashion some ancient and modern attempts to relate rhetoric and logic.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5-9 hours of lecture and 1-1 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Rhetoric/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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RHETOR 20 Rhetorical Interpretation 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Summer 2019 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2019
Introduction to the study of rhetorical interpretation, treating how the action of tropes, figures, and performance generates meaning in communication: from fiction and other forms of literature, to politics, to film, to visual and material culture generally.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Rhetoric/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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RHETOR 22 Rhetoric of Shakespearean Drama 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 1996 10 Week Session
This class examines the way in which a distinctively rhetorical concern with persuasion, tropes, topicality, and modes of appeal can be engaged in readings of Shakespearean texts. Using written documents from the period along with contemporary rhetorical criticism and theory, the class analyzes the importance of rhetoric in the production and performance of Shakespeare's plays, in their particular rendering of verbal conflict and the scene of persuasion, and in the analysis of their participation in larger cultural contests over the legitimacy of the prevailing political, legal, moral, or natural order.
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Hours & Format

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Rhetoric/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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RHETOR 24 Freshman Seminars 1 Unit [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018
The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester.
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Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Rhetoric/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

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RHETOR 39 Freshman/Sophomore Seminar 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2018
Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Priority given to freshmen and sophomores

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Rhetoric/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final Exam To be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.

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RHETOR 39I Freshman/Sophomore Seminar 1.5 - 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2014, Spring 2012
Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Priority given to freshmen and sophomores

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5-4 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Rhetoric/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

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RHETOR 98 Supervised Group Study 1 - 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015
Instruction for a small group of students on a topic initiated by those students.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of adviser

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Rhetoric/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

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RHETOR 103A Approaches and Paradigms in the History of Rhetorical Theory 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
A broad consideration of the historical relationships between philosophy, literature, and rhetoric, with special emphasis on selected themes of the classical and medieval periods.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 10 or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
10 weeks - 4.5 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Rhetoric/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: 100

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RHETOR 103B Approaches and Paradigms in the History of Rhetorical Theory II 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
A broad consideration of the historical relationship between philosophy, literature, and rhetoric, with special emphasis on selected themes within the early modern and modern periods.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 10 or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Rhetoric/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: 101

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RHETOR 104 Rhetorical Theory and Practice in Historical Eras 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
An examination of the relations between rhetoric, discourse, and knowledge in selected historical eras, for example the European Renaissance, the Atlantic Enlightenment, or Victorian Britain.
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Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
10 weeks - 4.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Rhetoric/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: 105

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RHETOR 105T Rhetoric of Religious Discourse 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2013
Consideration of the rhetoric of hermeneutics or biblical interpretation with special emphasis on the mythical, symbolic, and allegorical language as the bearer of persuasive intention.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Rhetoric/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: 131

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RHETOR 106 Rhetoric of Historical Discourse 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
A study of how historical knowledge is produced and interpreted. Topics might include narrative and representation, the uses of evidence, forms of historical argumentation, and historical controversies in the public realm.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Rhetoric/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade ng...