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Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics Graduate Courses 2007-2009

Graduate students may earn 6 hours of 400 level courses towards their MA.

Spring 2007

  • English/Linguistics 471 Sociolinguistics Ilona Leki
  • English/Linguistics 485 Special Topics in Language: Talkin' Trash: The Nature and Function of Contemporary Verbal Sparring Bethany Dumas
  • English 505 Teaching First-Year Composition Mike Keene
  • English 589 Special Topics in Language: Visual Rhetoric Russel Hirst
  • English 589 Special Topics in Language: Research Design Bethany Dumas

Fall 2007

  • English 588 Readings in Applied Rhetoric: Feminist Rhetorical Theory Applied to Teaching Writing Mike Keene
  • English 682 Topics in Rhetoric and Composition Mary Jo Reiff

Spring 2008

  • English/Linguistics 472 American English Dialects Bethany Dumas
  • English/Linguistics 476 Second Language Acquisition Ilona Leki
  • English 495 Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition—As Teaching Traditions Jenn Fishman
  • English 505 Teaching First-Year Composition Mary Jo Reiff
  • English 582 Special Topics in Writing: Literacy and Learning in Rhetoric's Early Modern Extracurriculum Jenn Fishman
  • English 585 Issues in Invention, Style, and Audience Russel Hirst
  • English 680 Discourse Analysis Bethany Dumas

Fall 2008

  • English/Linguistics 474 Issues in ESL/EFL Ilona Leki
  • English 490 Language and Law Bethany Dumas
  • English 587 History of Rhetoric II: Renaissance through Modern Jenn Fishman
  • English 682 Topics in Rhetoric and Composition Mike Keene

Fall 2008

  • English 496 Rhetoric of Legal Discourse Bethany Dumas
  • English 505 Teaching First-Year Composition Mike Keene
  • English 575 Issues in L2 Rhetoric and Composition Ilona Leki
  • English 582 Special Topics in Writing: Literacy and Learning in Rhetoric's Early Modern Extracurriculum Jenn Fishman
  • English 589 Special Topics in Language Bethany Dumas