Overview
Description
This class will introduce design thinking as a method of adapting writing for different rhetorical situations and uses. Students will apply the theory and practice of rhetorical design to create multi-modal documents for classroom, university, and public audiences.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring - Even Years
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- develop a rhetorical vocabulary for analyzing design (for example, text, genre, modality, medium, circulation, users).
- articulate the rhetorical forces enacted by the choice of a certain design.
- analyze the audience(s) targeted by a particular design.
- apply learning from the course and writing major to develop projects of practical significance for specific clients/community partners.
- present research at a level and in a format and manner suitable for teaching an undergraduate seminar.
- position their course projects as a response to a conversation in their field (e.g., writing a conference proposal in response to a call for papers).