- 2:30 - 3:45; Tuesdays and Thursdays in 1185 Grainger
Professor Robert Howard
rgh[NOSPAM]rghoward.com
http://rghoward.com/
OH: 11 AM - 12 PM, Thursday in 6170 Vilas
Communication Hall and by appointment.
- (Please email to verify I will be available during
these hours or to make an appointment for another time.)
Comprehensive Exam: 12/21, 7:25 -
9:25 PM
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Course Objectives:
- (1) to place technology and language into a rhetorical
framework, (2) to establish a general model of the historical progression
of communication technologies, (3) and to develop the ability to examine those
developing technologies by recognizing their participation in and implications
for rhetorical theory and practice in contemporary American society.
Grading Scale:
- Grading Scale in Percents of Total
Possible Earned Points
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- A : 100 - 93%
- AB: 92 - 88%
- B: 87 - 83%
- BC: 82 - 78%
- C: 77 - 70%
- D: 69-60%
- F: below 60%
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- Individual Assignments with
Weights:
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- Undergraduate Students
- 5%: discussion
participation
- 25%: first examination
- 30%: second examination
(comprehensive; on scheduled examination time and
date)
- 40%: argumentative paper
- The paper must be 8-10
pages/2000 - 2500 words excluding all notes,
bibliographic data, and/or works cited pages.
The paper must be emailed to rgh[NOSPAM]rghoward.com
by 5 PM on or before scheduled due date via
email attachment in pdf., .rtf, .or .doc format.
2.5% extra credit will be given on the paper grade if its primary
document has been digital recorded by the student and is turned
in with the paper.
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- Graduate Students
- 20% class participation
- 80% seminar length paper with presentation
- The paper must be 20 -30
pages/6,000 - 10,000 words excluding all notes,
bibliographic data, and/or works cited pages.
The paper must be emailed to rgh[NOSPAM]rghoward.com
by 5 PM on or before the scheduled
date via email attachment in pdf., .rtf, .or .doc
format.
Required Readings:
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- Course Packet
(Available for purchase
at Bob's Copy Shop on State Street. Some of the readings from the packet
are also available online.)
Attendance:
Full attendance is required of all
students. Because the ideas and meanings in a course such as this
emerge in the interaction between the instructor and students,
students missing more than 4 lectures shall not have participated
at an acceptable level and may fail the course.
