ENGL 115 — Rhetoric and Popular Culture (3 Credits, Fall)
This course examines global popular culture through the lens of cultural studies and rhetorical analysis. Topics to be covered include the creation, dissemination, and reception of popular culture, as well as its role in shaping public discourse, social and artistic movements, and lived experience. Rhetorical analysis will be applied to multimodal artifacts such as comics, video games, political speeches, music videos, sports broadcasts, television shows, memes, and advertisements. PREREQ: ENGL 101 . (This CWI course meets the institutional competency requirements for Global Perspectives.) . (3 lecture hours, 0 lab hours, 3 credits)