Upcoming Courses

Spring 2027

RHCS 100-01 Public Speaking (T/R) 10:30-11:45 AM
RHCS 100-02: Public Speaking (T/R) 12:00-1:15 PM
RHCS 101-01: Key Terms in Communication(T/R) 1:30-2:45 PM
RHCS 101-02: Key Terms in Communication (M/W) 12:00-1:15 PM
RHCS 101-03: Key Terms in Communication (M/W) 1:30-2:45 PM
RHCS 246-01: Data and Society (T/R) 10:30-11:45 am
RHCS 246-02: Data and Society (M/W) 3:00-4:15 PM
RHCS 246-03 Data and Society (T/R) 4:30-5:45 PM
RHCS 250-01: Critical Intercultural Communication (M/W) 10:30-11:45 AM
RHCS 253-01: Rhetorical Theory (W) 3:00-5:30 PM
RHCS 255-01: Media, Culture and Identity (M/W) 10:30- 11:45 AM
RHCS 272-01: Ethnography of Communication (M/W) 12:00-1:15 PM
RHCS 272-02: Ethnography of Communication (M/W) 1:30-2:45 PM
RHCS 274-01 Historiography (T/R)) 4:30-5:45 PM
RHCS 274-02 Historiography (T/R)) 3:00-4:15 PM
RHCS 275-01: Vision and Visuality (T/R) 9:00-10:15 AM
RHCS 276-01: Rhetorical Criticism (M/W) 9:00-10:15 AM
RHCS 412-01: Special Topic (M/W) 3:00-4:15
RHCS 412-02: Oral Histories(M) 5:00-6:30 PM
RHCS 412-03: Histories of AI and Human Communication (W) 4:30-6:00 PM


COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
 
RHCS 412-01: Special Topics- (M/W) 3:00-4:15 PM …Dr. Tilton

RHCS 412-02: Oral Histories…Dr. Barracks
This course explores how place-based stories shape identity, memory, and power. Drawing on Black performance studies and experimental media arts, we examine oral history and podcasting as forms that amplify voices often marginalized or excluded from written archives—and we question what counts as scholarship.
Centering Black rhetorical and oral traditions—from testimony and family histories to hip-hop and spoken word—we consider how cultural memory and knowledge are preserved, circulated, and reclaimed. Students will study rhetorical meaning-making and community-based knowledge practices while using storytelling, performance, and experimental media to learn theories and creative techniques for resisting the erasure of cultural histories. Through readings, site visits, and media analysis, students will explore expansive definitions of what knowledge is, how it is produced, and how it returns to the communities that shape it.

RHCS 412-03: Histories of AI and Human Communication Technologies… Dr. Pettis
 This course investigates the growing uses of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in various fields and examines the transformative effects of emerging technologies on human communication in individual, social, and professional contexts. It considers AI as a sociotechnical phenomenon and social imaginary that has existed throughout human history. Students will examine and explore the intersections of technology, culture, and society to consider the ethical concerns, biases, and possible implications of a growing reliance on technology for communication.