Political Communication
GOVT 230
Fall 2009
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01
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This course examines the evolving nature of political and in particular presidential communication in American politics and the statement it makes on the nature and state of American democracy. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Interpretation, Logical Reasoning
Interpretation & Logical Reasoning: Students will be invited to consider different explanatory perspectives on the same political phenomenon, and to assess the validity of the arguments undergirding these perspectives.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Tulis, Jeffrey, The Rhetorical Presidency (Princeton, 1987)
Lim, Elvin, The Anti-intellectual Presidency (Oxford, 2008)
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Examinations and Assignments:
One mid-term, one literature review, and one final paper. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Students who wish to be eligible to register for the course during Drop/Add should add themselves to the enrollment request system during on-line registration. They should also fill out a waitlist form from here: https://wesfiles.wesleyan.edu/home/elim/web/Waitlist.htm. |
| Instructor(s): Lim,Elvin Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC421; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 24 | | SR major: 9 | JR major: 9 | | |
| | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 1 | JR non-major: 1 | SO: 4 | FR: X |
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