Below is a list of topics covered in the course with their associated class sessions. Key dates are also listed; they correspond to the writing assignments due on those particular days.
(Note: Students were required to turn in a total of three critical reflections only. Only the first critical reflection was mandatory; the second and third ones were turned in depending on which critical reflections each student chose.)
Please see readings and assignments for more detailed information about the course calendar.
Course calendar.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
KEY DATES |
| Introduction to the Course |
| 1 |
Introduction to Course |
|
| Introductions to Each Other and Plato |
| 2 |
Speeches of Introduction |
|
| 3 |
Discussion: Plato, Sophists, and Rhetoric |
|
| Rhetoric |
| 4 |
Discussion |
1st Critical Reflection due |
| 5 |
Discussion (cont.) |
|
| 6 |
Discussion (cont.) |
|
| 7 |
No Class, but Reading Assigned |
|
| 8 |
Workshop |
Major Essay 1 due |
| Rhetoric and Ethics |
| 9 |
Discussion |
Mandatory Revision of Major Essay 1 due |
| Rhetoric and Government |
| 10 |
Discussion |
Critical Reflection due |
| 11 |
Discussion (cont.) |
Critical Reflection due |
| 12 |
Discussion (cont.) |
Critical Reflection due |
| 13 |
Discussion (cont.) |
Critical Reflection due |
| Rhetoric and Justice |
| 14 |
Workshop |
Major Essay 2 due |
| 15 |
Discussion |
Critical Reflection due |
| 16 |
Discussion (cont.) |
Mandatory Revision of Major Essay 2 due |
| 17 |
Discussion (cont.) |
Critical Reflection due |
| Rhetoric and Ethics (cont.) |
| 18 |
Discussion |
Critical Reflection due |
| 19 |
Discussion (cont.) |
Critical Reflection due |
| 20 |
Workshop |
Major Essay 3 due |
| 21 |
Discussion (cont.) |
|
| 22 |
Discussion (cont.) |
Mandatory Revision of Major Essay 3 due |
| 23 |
Discussion (cont.) |
Critical Reflection due |
| Rhetoric and Oral Presentations |
| 24 |
Speeches Begin |
Last day to turn in Optional Revision of Major Essay 2 |
| 25 |
Speeches (cont.) |
Typed version of Final Persuasive Speech due |
| 26 |
Speeches (cont.) |
|
| 27 |
Speeches End
Wrap-up Activities
|
Last day to turn in Optional Revision of Major Essay 3 |