Course Schedule
The following schedule offers a provisional plan for all work throughout the semester. We may revise it as needed. PDF readings are available for download at EMU Online (see Doc Sharing).
Groundwork: Heuristics and Analytics
1.Week of Sept. 5-9
Mo.5
Labor Day - No classes
2.Week of Sept. 12-16
Mo. 12 Introductions
Syllabus and Schedule
Notes
& Responses Schedule
Watch Clemson Univ., "In Defense of Rhetoric"
Burke, "The Five Master Terms: Their Place in a 'Dramatistic' Grammar of Motives," PDF, 1-12
Burke, "Questions and Answers about the Pentad," PDF, 330-335
Phelps, "Outcomes Questions" (online)
Blog Setup (Wordpress; free account)
3.Week of Sept. 19-23
Mo.19
Fahnestock and Secor, "The Stases in Scientific and Literary Argument," PDF, 427-443
Bitzer, "The Rhetorical Situation," PDF, 217-225
Edbauer-Rice, "Unframing Models of Public Distribution: From Rhetorical Situation to Rhetorical Ecologies," PDF, 5-24
Appeals: Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Nancy Grace on Fukushima radiation
RSS and Google Reader
4.Week of Sept. 26-30
Mo.26
Bogost, "Procedural Rhetoric," PDF, 1-64
Callon, Law, and Rip, "How to Study the Force of Science," PDF, 3-15
Law, "Laboratories and Texts," PDF, 35-50
5.Week of Oct. 3-7
Mo.3
Harris, "Introduction" to Landmark Essays on Rhetoric of Science: Case Studies, PDF, xi-xlv
Halloran, "The Birth of Molecular Biology," PDF, 39-52
Fahnestock, "Arguing in Different Forums," PDF, 53-68
DUE: Coming to Terms: Glossary Project
Surveying Rhetorics of Science and Technology
6.Week of Oct. 10-14
Mo.10
Brown and Duguid, The Social Life of Information, preface and 1-146
7.Week of Oct. 17-21
Mo.17
Brown and Duguid, The Social Life of Information, 147-252
8.Week of Oct. 24-28
Mo.24
Lakoff and Johnson, Metaphors We Live By, 3-125
9.Week of Oct. 31-Nov. 4
Mo.31
Lakoff and Johnson, Metaphors We Live By, 126-237
DUE: Response and Analysis Case (draft)
10.Week of Nov. 7-11
Mo.7
Latour, Science in Action, Introduction and Part I, pp. 1-100
DUE: Response and Analysis Case
Rhetorics of Science and Technology: Assembly and Delivery
11.Week of Nov. 14-18
Mo.14
Latour, Science in Action, Part II, pp. 103-176
12.Week of Nov. 21-25
Mo.21
Latour, Science in Action, Part III, pp. 179-259
DUE: RST Conferece Proposal
Poster Development
13.Week of Nov. 28-Dec. 2
Mo.28
Poster Development
RST Conference Planning
14.Week of Dec. 5-9
Mo.5
Poster Development
RST Conference Planning
Course Evaluations (?)
15.Week of Dec. 12
Mo.12
RST Conference (Papers & Posters)
Course Evaluations
Final Exam (option)
DUE: Poster
16.Finals Week - Dec. 13-19
Mo.19 Final Exam
Contact Information
Derek N. Mueller, PhDAssociate Professor of Rhetoric and Writing
Director of Composition
Department of English
Virginia Tech
Office: 315 Shanks Hall
Spring 2020 Office Hours: T, 12-3
Phone: +1-734-985-0485
dmueller@vt.edu
http://derekmueller.net/rc/
