Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 21W.747-2 (Spring 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Rhetoric: Rhetoric of Science 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Writing and Humanistic Studies 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Mya Poe 
• Course Introduction:
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  21W.747-2 Rhetoric: Rhetoric of Science
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features an extensive list of assignments and readings.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course is an introduction to the history, theory, practice, and implications of rhetoric, the art and craft of persuasion. This course specifically focuses on the ways that scientists use various methods of persuasion in the construction of scientific knowledge.