WRT-201 The Art of Persuasion (3)

Topics vary by section. This course examines a range of topics related to creative uses of rhetorical persuasion and how compelling speeches, essays, posters, and other works of persuasive and imaginative thinking are built on aesthetic categories such as sound, rhythm, image, and metaphor. Students produce their own creative projects based on the art of rhetoric. Rotating topics include the rhetoric of contemporary comedy, political activism after 9/11, World War II propaganda, medicine, and contemporary presidential campaign art. AU Core Habits of Mind: Creative-Aesthetic Inquiry. Repeatable for credit with different topic.