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Courses - Spring 2026
COMM
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COMM652
Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Formerly: SPCH652.
A study of twentieth century theories of rhetoric. Special attention will be devoted to Richard Weaver, Kenneth Burke, Lloyd Bitzer, Ernest Bormann, Walter Fisher, and the continental theorists of communication such as Chaim Perelman and Jurgen Habermas.