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Undergraduate Program | Writing & Rhetoric

Writing and Rhetoric
Students pursing a concentration in writing and rhetoric will complete the concentration's depth requirement by declaring and completing a minor of the student's choice. Students should consult their adviser before declaring a minor in order to determine which minor best complements the concentration while also meeting the student's interests. The concentration will appear on the student's transcript.

In addition to the core requirements for the WRTC major, writing and rhetoric concentrators will take 18 credits from the following list, of which 3 credits will be WRTC 220, Rhetorical Traditions (taken by the first semester of the junior year), and of which 12 credits must be WRTC courses. No more than three hours may be at the 200-level and at least three hours must be at the 400-level.

Genres
WRTC/ENG 290. Intermediate Composition (WRIT 290)
WRTC 350. Science and Technology in Literature (TSC 350)
WRTC/ENG 396. Advanced Composition (WRIT 396)
WRTC 410. Government Writing (TSC 410)
WRTC 411. Legal Writing (TSC 420)
WRTC 412. Medical Writing (TSC 430)
WRTC 413. Proposal Writing (TSC 440)
SCOM 367. Advanced Public Relations Writing
SCOM 349. Ethnographic Approaches

Rhetorical Theory
WRTC 311. Rhetorical Analysis (TSC 310)
WRTC 340. Teaching Writing (WRIT 340)
WRTC 341. Composing Processes
WRTC 343. Contemporary Rhetorical Theory and Practice
WRTC/SCOM 351. Visual Rhetoric (WRIT/SCOM 351)
WRTC/SCOM/WMST 420. Feminist Rhetorics (WRIT 420)
WRTC 430. Style and Stylistics (WRIT 430)
ENG 421. Traditional Grammar
ENG 422. Modern English Grammar
SCOM 341. Persuasion
SCOM 342. Argument and Advocacy
SMAD 372. Media History
SMAD 470. New Media and Society

Organizational Context
WRTC 310. Studies in Literacy (WRIT 310)
WRTC 320. Writing in the Public Sphere (WRIT 320)
WRTC 322. Service Learning Writing (WRIT 322)
WRTC 330. Intercultural Technical and Scientific Communication (TSC 330)
WRTC 345. Tutoring Writing (WRIT 345)
SCOM 248. Intercultural Communication
SCOM 270. Introduction to Health Communication
SCOM 350. Organizational Communication
SCOM 353. American Political Culture and Communication
SCOM 431. Legal Communication
SCOM 358. Business and Professional Communication Studies
SCOM 331. Communication and Conflict
SMAD 330. New Media Law
SMAD 471. Media Ethics

Communication Technologies
WRTC 331. Technology and Writing (WRIT 330)
WRTC 355. Digital Rhetorics

Research Methods and Special Topics
WRTC 230. Research in Technical and Scientific Communication¹ (TSC 230)
WRTC 395. Practicum
WRTC 399. Independent Study in Rhetoric and Writing (WRIT 399)
WRTC 400. Special Topics Seminar in Rhetoric and Writing (WRIT 400)
WRTC 490. Advanced Independent Study in Technical and Scientific Communication (TSC 490)
WRTC 499. Honors.
SCOM 280. Introduction to Communication Research
SCOM 385. Qualitative Communication Research Methods

¹This course meets the College of Arts and Letters writing-intensive requirement.