Media Rhetoric and Communication - Integrative Pathway
In this Pathway, students will learn to think critically about media, rhetoric, communication, information, and visual culture and how these are used to protect and challenge institutions of power. Students will use language, voice, film, theatre, rhetoric, narrative, and metaphor to become more effective communicators and critical listeners in the academy and beyond. Questions posed by the pathway include the following: How does one recognize the uses of information to advance interests? For example, how does ownership of information media affect the interpretation and framing of controversy? How do particular media technologies impact access to and dissemination of information? What influence do media technologies have on our perception of reality, and what are the consequences of altered and multiple realities? How have advertising, marketing, and branding affected our perceptions and choices? More personally, how does one intervene in public conversations to achieve desired policy goals?
Media, Rhetoric, and Communication Courses
Thematic Inquiry
Required Course
Curricular Itinerary Courses
Students must select three courses, each from a different Mode of Inquiry. If a course that is not listed below would be relevant to a student's animating question, the student may submit a petition to the Pathway coordinator to have it counted toward the Pathway.
Course List
Mode of Inquiry A
Mode of Inquiry B
Mode of Inquiry C
Mode of Inquiry D
Mode of Inquiry E
| ENG 329 | RACE,NATN,EMPR IN THE 18TH C | 4 |
| ES 111 | ENV STDS AS A SOCIAL SCIENCE | 4 |
| ES 493U/GOV 493U | ENVIRON JUST IN GLOBL PERSP | 4 |
| FLM 220 | DOCUMENTARY THRY & PRODUCTN | 4 |
| GOV 221 | POLIT PARTIES,CAMPAIGNS,ELECT | 4 |
| GOV 222 | CC: TORTURE & TERROR POST 9/11 | 4 |
| GOV 223/AFR 224 | HUMAN RIGHTS, MEDIA & ACTIVISM | 4 |
| GOV 251/ES 251 | ENVIRON ACTIVISM/POL IMPACT | 4 |
| GOV 276/AMS 276 | CC:PRESIDNCY:WHITE HOUSE 20500 | 4 |
| GOV 337 | COMPARATIVE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS | 4 |
| GOV 493C | U.S. POLITICAL SPEECH | 4 |
| GOV 493W | REBELS,ROGUES, & REVOLUTIONRS | 4 |
| GOV 493Z/GIS 400 | THE IRAQ WAR | 4 |
| GWS 202 | CC: SEX/WORK | 4 |
| GWS 224/CRE 224 | TRANSNATNL WOMEN'S MOVEMNTS | 4 |
| HIS 117 | CC: GLOBALIZATION OR EMPIRE? | 4 |
| HIS 210 | CONTESTING INDIA'S PAST | 4 |
| HIS 215/AMS 215/CRE 215 | POLIT/CULT IN U.S. SINCE 1945 | 4 |
| HIS 219/CRE 219 | REVOLUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA | 4 |
| HMD 103/AFR 104/GWS 102 | CHILD RIGHTS/PUBLIC POLICY | 4 |
| HMD 314/AFR 315 | MEDIA, SELF, AND SOCIETY | 4 |
| HMD 321/AFR 321/CRE 321/GWS 321 | CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC | 4 |
| HMD 416/GWS 416 | GLOBALIZATION/CULT & IDENTITY | 4 |
| LIN 110/ENG 110/GER 110/SPA 110 | INTRO TO LANGUAGE AND MIND | 4 |
| PHI 219/GWS 225 | FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY | 4 |
| PHI 232 | TOLERANCE, INTOLER, INTOLERBL | 4 |
| PHI 234 | PHILOSOPHY OF LAW | 4 |
| PHI 276/AFR 276/CRE 276 | PHILOSOPHY OF RACE AND RACISM | 4 |
| PHI 444 | DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS | 4 |
| SOC 103 | INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY | 4 |
| SOC 208/GWS 209/AFR 208 | RACE/GENDER AND THE MASS MEDIA | 4 |
| SOC 212/GWS 211 | SEX, GENDER AND SOCIETY | 4 |
| SOC 400/AFR 400/AMS 400/GWS 400/GIS 401 | THE SOCIOLOGY OF GLOBALIZATION | 4 |
Other Courses
Global/Local Engagement
Required Course
Senior Reflection
Required Course