Writing Studies and Rhetoric
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Program Title
Writing Studies and Rhetoric
Degree Designation
MIN
Award Type
Minor
Program Level
Undergraduate
Instruction Mode
On Campus
Program Description
Advance your career options by professionalizing your writing and communication skills with a Writing Studies minor. Courses where you learn to take action through written forms, rhetorical analysis, and digital media prepare you to adapt to rapidly changing vocations.
Required GPA for graduation
2.0
Requirements
Program Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Respond constructively and analytically to texts produced by professional writers and peers.
Outcome
Develop an awareness of disciplinary frameworks, terminology, and critical issues in Rhetoric and Writing.
Outcome
Create an effective written response appropriate for a particular purpose, audience, situation and authorial role.
Outcome
Produce their own work within a genre, with a focus on process from invention through drafting and revision to a final draft.
Outcome
Apply cultural and social perspectives of language and technology to analyze the rhetorical dimensions, functions, and efficacy of written artifacts.
Outcome
Apply theories, concepts and principles of rhetoric and writing to print, visual and digital texts.
Outcome
Apply research methods encompassing valid modes of inquiry in Rhetoric and Writing.
Degree Maps
Major Code
8149
Program Code
8149.01