Topic 1: Rhetorics of Cyberculture. Examines the ways cyberspace is represented, critiqued, and employed in writing and film. Explores the social, ethical, and political implications of networked culture.

Topic 2: Designing Text Ecologies. Explores the function and interaction of texts in the workplace. Emphasis on research, analysis, and design of the strategic, tactical, and operational aspects of texts. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 3: Knowledge Ecologies. Explores systems of people, technologies, social structures, and their environments where energy, information, and resources are transformed into knowledge that can be used to further shape our lives and our worlds. Rhetoric and Writing 330C (Topic: Knowledge Ecologies) and 330C (Topic 3) may not both be counted.

Topic 4: Writing and Photography. Examination of issues in the history of photography and how images and words work in combination. Emphasis on improving skills in analysis, writing, and photography. Rhetoric and Writing 330C (Topic: Writing and Photography) and 330C (Topic 4) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 5: Ethics and New Media. Exploration of contemporary ethical dilemmas and principles arising with emergent technologies, and their impact on rhetoric and writing. Rhetoric and Writing 330C (Topic: Ethics and New Media) and 330C (Topic 5) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 6: Networked Writing. Examines how writers present themselves and their arguments across a range of media and genres. Practices rhetorical skills within digital networks. Rhetoric 330C (Topic: Networked Writing) and 330C (Topic 6) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 7: Digital Storytelling. Examines and practices the development of narrative through multiple media (audio, visual, video, et al). Rhetoric and Writing 330C (Topic: Digital Storytelling) and 330C (Topic 7) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 8: Writing with Sound. Introduces sound studies and practices techniques for recording, editing, and publishing writing for and with sound. Rhetoric and Writing 330C (Topic: Writing with Sound) and 330C (Topic 8) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 9: Digital Self and Rhetoric. Examines the pervasiveness of digital culture and cultivates strategies for presenting one's digital self through academic, professional, and civic venues. Rhetoric and Writing 330C (Topic: Digital Self and Rhetoric) and 330C (Topic 9) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 10: Access Designed. An introduction to disability studies and accessible design by reading, discussing, designing, and practicing with the technologies and techniques that compose accessible writing and devices. Rhetoric and Writing 330C (Topic: Access Designed) and 330C (Topic 10) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 11: Mobile Environments. Examine the principles of user experience (UX) design, specifically the creation of low-fidelity mobile application solutions, which are designed to help users explore and create meaningful and personally relevant experiences within their environments. Rhetoric and Writing 330C (Topic: Mobile Environments) and 330C (Topic 11) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 12: Information Design. Examine the fundamental principles of document and information design that inform practical and theoretical skills related to desktop publishing, visual communication, and publication production. Rhetoric and Writing 330C (Topic: Information Design) and 330C (Topic 12) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 13: Rhetoric and Data Visualization. Explore the principles for designing tables, graphs, and figures that are accessible and persuasive to readers and that are accountable to the data. Examine and critique visualizations from academic and popular media. Create visualizations from real-world data sets. Rhetoric and Writing 330C (Topic: Rhet and Data Visualization) and 330C (Topic 13) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 14: Rhetorical Metrics. Explore an introduction to text analytics with a focus on computational and statistical methods within rhetorical studies. Rhetoric and Writing 330C (Topic: Rhetorical Metrics) and 330C (Topic 14) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 15: Rhetoric, Risk, and Environmental Justice. Explore the intersection of rhetoric, social justice, and environment through the theoretical lens of environmental justice. Rhetoric and Writing 330C (Topic: Rhetorc/Risk/Envrmtl Justice) and 330C (Topic 15) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 16: Rhetoric and Algorithms. Explore the nature of Artificial Intelligence (AI), its current and possible roles in society, and the rhetoric about it. Rhetoric 330C (Topic: Rhetoric and Algorithms) and 330C (Topic 16) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 17: Podcasts and Paradigm Shifts. Explore storytelling's influence on public perceptions and policies via podcasting. Rhetoric 330C (Topic: Podcasts & Paradigms) and 330C (Topic 17) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 18: Text Mediation and Time Management. Examine how texts mediate human activity and how they can be used to manage time, effectiveness, and productivity at individual and group levels. Rhetoric 330C (Topic: Text Mediation and Time Mgmt) and 330C (Topic 18) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 19: Environmental Media. Explore the relationship between rhetoric, digital storytelling, documentary, and environment. Learn basic skills in documentary filmmaking and produce a short video suitable for broadcast. Rhetoric 330C (Topic: Environmental Media) and 330C (Topic 19) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 20: User Experience Design. Introduction to user experience (UX) design. Apply concepts of UX and usability to design, research, and testing practices in digital interfaces. Rhetoric 330C (Topic: User Experience Design) and 330C (Topic 20) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010