Fall Core / 3 credits
Curves in Public Rhetoric
A writing and speaking seminar on how bodies, uniforms, posture, and confidence communicate in schools, media, athletics, and civic life.
Syllabus
- Presence before speech
- Uniforms as institutional rhetoric
- Style, respectability, and rebellion
- Food, culture, and belonging
- Debate practicum: body-positive language
- Final essay and oral defense
Assessment
35% essays, 25% seminar leadership, 20% debate practicum, 20% final oral defense.