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RHETORIC AND HEALTH

COMARTS 317
Course Description

Investigate how the concept of health is rhetorically constructed and deployed in a number of different contexts. Explore how language and argument shape our understanding of health, how health is positioned in opposition to illness and disability, and how the meaning of health has become a site of argument and controversy.

Prerequisites

Sophomore standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.79

3.45% from Historical

Completion Rate
97.65%

-0.36% from Historical

A Rate
82.35%

26.17% from Historical

Class Size
85

18.76% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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