{"id":32319,"date":"2026-08-15T10:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ribat.rabata.org\/riverstead\/?post_type=product&#038;p=32319"},"modified":"2026-08-17T07:15:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:15:44","slug":"rhetoric-and-public-speaking","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/ribat.rabata.org\/riverstead\/product\/rhetoric-and-public-speaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2026 &#8211; Rhetoric and Public Speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"max-width: 950px; margin: 0 auto; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #2f2f2f; line-height: 1.7;\">\n<p><!-- COURSE OVERVIEW --><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33005c, #4b2366); color: #ffffff; padding: 32px; border-radius: 14px 14px 0 0;\">\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0; color: #ffffff; font-size: 30px;\">Course Information<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 10px 0 0; color: #f5edf8;\">This is a 3-credit course that carries the academic commitment, workload, and tuition associated with university-level study. Please review the course details and tuition information carefully before registering. If completed with a passing grade, the credits may be eligible towards a future degree or certificate program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- COURSE DESCRIPTION --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; padding: 28px; background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; color: #33005c; font-size: 22px; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Course Description<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This introductory course combines the study of rhetorical theory with practical training in public speaking, equipping students to communicate clearly, persuasively, and ethically across academic, professional, and community contexts. Students explore foundational concepts in rhetoric\u2014such as audience, purpose, structure, style, and argument\u2014through classical and contemporary frameworks, including Western rhetorical traditions and the Islamic intellectual heritage. Attention is given to how rhetoric has shaped civic life, public discourse, and moral reasoning across cultures and historical periods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alongside theoretical study, the course emphasizes guided practice in speech design and delivery. Students analyze speeches, sermons, and public messages; develop and deliver narrative, informative, and persuasive speeches; and engage in peer feedback and reflective practice. Through iterative speaking experiences, students build confidence, refine vocal and physical delivery, adapt messages for diverse audiences and platforms, and cultivate ethical communication grounded in clarity, fairness, and responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- LEARNING OUTCOMES --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; padding: 28px; background-color: #faf8fb;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; color: #33005c; font-size: 22px; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Course Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px;\">By the end of this course, students will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explain core concepts and debates in rhetorical theory (e.g., rhetorical situation, stasis, Toulmin model, ethos\/pathos\/logos; bal\u0101gha\u2014ma\u02bf\u0101n\u012b, bay\u0101n, bad\u012b\u02bf\u2014in the Islamic tradition).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analyze speeches, sermons\/khutbahs, op-eds, and public messages across historical and cultural contexts, identifying strategies and devices.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Design and deliver clear, audience-centered messages using the five canons of rhetoric.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adapt style, tone, and structure for diverse audiences and platforms (in-person, online, multimedia).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apply ethical reasoning and reflective practice to persuasive communication (truthfulness, fairness, transparency, avoiding manipulation\/fallacies).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide and incorporate constructive feedback based on a transparent rubric.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build a professional portfolio (scripts, slides, recordings, analyses, reflections).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- PREREQUISITES --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; padding: 28px; background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; color: #33005c; font-size: 22px; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Course Prerequisites<\/h3>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f1fa; border-left: 5px solid #6f3b87; padding: 14px 18px; border-radius: 6px;\">This course is open to women ages 17 and above.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- COURSE MATERIALS --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; padding: 28px; background-color: #faf8fb;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; color: #33005c; font-size: 22px; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Course Materials<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 18px;\">Students are responsible for purchasing all required textbooks before the start of class.<br \/>\nRib\u0101\u1e6d textbooks are available at the <a style=\"color: #5d2d76; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.rabata.org\/collections\/ribaat-texbooks-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rabata Bookshop<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 18px;\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 300px; background-color: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #ded4e3; border-radius: 10px; padding: 20px;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; color: #33005c; font-size: 18px;\">Required Readings<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpts of the following will be provided through Canvas:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Western\/Classical Foundations<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aristotle, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rhetoric<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (any reliable translation)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cicero, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De Oratore<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (selections)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quintilian, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Institutio Oratoria<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (selections)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kenneth Burke, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Rhetoric of Motives<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (selections)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chaim Perelman &amp; L. Olbrechts-Tyteca, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New Rhetoric<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (selections)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephen E. Toulmin, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Uses of Argument<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (selections)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lloyd Bitzer, \u201cThe Rhetorical Situation\u201d (article)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Islamic\/Arabic Rhetorical Tradition<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">al-J\u0101\u1e25i\u1e93, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">al-Bay\u0101n wa al-Taby\u012bn<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (selections)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u02bfAbd al-Q\u0101hir al-Jurj\u0101n\u012b, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asr\u0101r al-Bal\u0101gha<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dal\u0101\u02beil al-I\u02bfj\u0101z<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (selections)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibn Rushd (Averroes), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle Commentary on Aristotle\u2019s Rhetoric<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (selections)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">al-F\u0101r\u0101b\u012b, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kit\u0101b al-Khi\u1e6d\u0101bah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (selections)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibn al-Ath\u012br, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">al-Mathal al-S\u0101\u02beir<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (selections)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Modern introductions (e.g., Hussein Abdul-Raof\u2019s works on Arabic rhetoric\/bal\u0101gha)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Practice &amp; Application<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lucas, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Art of Public Speaking<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (or similar contemporary text)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Articles on inclusive language, accessible design, and ethical persuasion<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional readings will be shared through Canvas if necessary.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Additional readings may be shared through Canvas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- REGISTRATION --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; padding: 28px; background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 16px; color: #33005c; font-size: 22px; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Registration Information<\/h3>\n<div style=\"background-color: #33005c; color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; padding: 22px; margin-bottom: 18px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 5px; color: #f4c95d; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;\">Registration Fee<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold;\">$450.00<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0 0; color: #eee5f2;\">Course materials are not included.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%; padding: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5dce9; font-weight: bold; color: #33005c;\">Late Registration Fee<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5dce9;\">An additional $20.00 beginning September 11, 2026, if seats remain available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #faf8fb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5dce9; font-weight: bold; color: #33005c;\">Registration Deadline<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5dce9;\">September 28, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5dce9; font-weight: bold; color: #33005c;\">Auditing Fee<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5dce9;\">An additional $5.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #faf8fb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5dce9; font-weight: bold; color: #33005c;\">Course Access Ends<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5dce9;\">January 10, 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 20px; background-color: #fff8e5; border: 1px solid #edd88d; border-left: 5px solid #d2a62c; border-radius: 7px; padding: 16px;\"><strong style=\"color: #674f12;\">Important:<\/strong><br \/>\nRegistration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. Before enrolling, please review the <a style=\"color: #5d2d76; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ribat.rabata.org\/admissions\/tuition\/#riverstead_container\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Registration Fees &amp; Policies<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 20px 0 0;\"><strong>Questions?<\/strong><br \/>\nContact <span style=\"color: #33005c;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #33005c;\" href=\"mailto:registration@rabata.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registration@rabata.org<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ATTENDANCE POLICY --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; padding: 28px; background-color: #faf8fb;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; color: #33005c; font-size: 22px; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Attendance Policy<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">Students are expected to attend all scheduled class sessions and participate actively in their learning.<br \/>\nConsistent attendance supports academic success and helps maintain a collaborative classroom environment.<br \/>\nIf an absence is unavoidable, students are responsible for communicating with their instructor, reviewing<br \/>\nmissed material, and completing any assigned work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; padding: 28px; background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; color: #33005c; font-size: 22px; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Technology Requirements<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 18px;\">To ensure a successful online learning experience, all students must have regular access to a personal<br \/>\ncomputer and reliable high-speed internet. Courses at Rib\u0101\u1e6d University are delivered through Canvas and may include video lectures, interactive discussions, digital readings, and multimedia assignments.<br \/>\nStudents are responsible for maintaining the technology needed to participate fully.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 22px 0 12px; color: #33005c; font-size: 18px;\">Minimum Technical Requirements<\/h4>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; border-radius: 10px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 15px 18px; background-color: #faf8fb; border-bottom: 1px solid #ded4e3;\"><strong style=\"color: #33005c;\">Computer:<\/strong><br \/>\nA desktop, laptop, or similar device manufactured within the last five years and capable of running<br \/>\ncurrent software and updates. Students should not rely solely on a phone, as coursework requires a full computer interface and functionality.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 15px 18px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ded4e3;\"><strong style=\"color: #33005c;\">Operating System:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe computer operating system should be kept current with all recommended security updates and upgrades.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 15px 18px; background-color: #faf8fb; border-bottom: 1px solid #ded4e3;\"><strong style=\"color: #33005c;\">Internet:<\/strong><br \/>\nA high-speed broadband connection with a minimum speed of 5 Mbps download and 2 Mbps upload.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 15px 18px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ded4e3;\"><strong style=\"color: #33005c;\">Web Browser:<\/strong><br \/>\nA current version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 15px 18px; background-color: #faf8fb; border-bottom: 1px solid #ded4e3;\"><strong style=\"color: #33005c;\">Software:<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Office, Google Workspace, or Apple productivity applications for word processing,<br \/>\npresentations, and spreadsheets; a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat; and updated antivirus and<br \/>\nsecurity software.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 15px 18px;\"><strong style=\"color: #33005c;\">Multimedia:<\/strong><br \/>\nA functional webcam, microphone, and speakers or headset for participating in live sessions and assessments.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 22px 0 12px; color: #33005c; font-size: 18px;\">Technology Skills<\/h4>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; border-radius: 10px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 15px 18px; background-color: #faf8fb; border-bottom: 1px solid #ded4e3;\">\n<p>Students should be comfortable with basic computer operations, including using email, browsing the internet, uploading and downloading files, and navigating an online learning platform. 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