Requirements for a Minor in Rhetoric and Public Discourse

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Eighteen semester hours from the following:
Required Courses
CSS 1301	Fundamentals of Public Communication	3
or CSS 1302	Speech for Business and Professional Students
or CSS 1304	Argumentation, Discussion, and Debate
Fifteen semester hours from the following:		15
CSS 1305	Introduction to Communication 1
CSS 2264	Contest Speaking
CSS 2265	Contest Speaking
CSS 3247	Advanced Debate
CSS 3248	Advanced Debate
CSS 3302	Introduction to Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
CSS 3305	Advanced Public Speaking
CSS 3307	Legal Communication
CSS 3316	Persuasion and Communication
CSS 3393	Rhetoric and Contemporary Culture
CSS 3395	Theories and Methods of Visual Communication
CSS 4310	Politics and Communication
CSS 4307	Communication & International Politics
CSS 4317	Narrating Health Across Culture
CSS 4335	War Rhetoric
CSS 4336	Seminar in Contemporary Communication Issues
CSS 4350	Rhetoric of Women and Gender
CSS 4351	Criticism of Contemporary Public Address
CSS 4352	Corporate Advocacy and Public Policy
CSS 4353	Public Discourse and Foreign Policy
CSS 4354	African American Communication
CSS 4380	Internship in Communication
CSS 4392	Rhetorics of Race
CSS 4394	Rhetorical Theory
CSS 4395	Visual Rhetoric
CSS 4396	American Rhetoric
CSS 4397	Public Discourse and the Classic Liberal Tradition
BIC 1313	World of Rhetoric I
BIC 1323	World of Rhetoric II: Rhetoric in Context
Total Hours		18

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CSS 1305 Introduction to Communication is a New Student Experience course, taught in Fall semester only, and is a strongly recommended course for all incoming, first-time freshmen only.