Understand how the ideas of Aristotle and other theorists apply to your work and the media by learning effective persuasion; audience and situational analysis; rhetorical theory; and ethics. Discuss current events; apply classic techniques to improve written and oral arugments; and; critically evaluate texts like news articles; videos; and essays. Prerequisite or Co-Requisite: Comm 271 Note: Students cannot receive credit for both Comm 361 and Comm 369