Rhetoric and Professional Writing Specialization

For a Focus in Rhetoric/Professional Writing, Select:

At least four courses (12 credit hrs) from:

  • WRIT 300:  Rhetorical Theory
  • WRIT 311:  Topics in Writing and Rhetoric (depending on course topic)
  • WRIT 365:  Proposal and Grant Writing
  • WRIT 366:  Technical Communication
  • WRIT 367:  Editing for Professionals
  • WRIT 465:  Rhetoric in the Professional Workplace
  • WRIT 501:  Writing for New Media
  • WRIT 502:  Digital English Studies: Literature, Rhetoric, and Technology
  • WRIT 510:  Topics in Writing and Rhetoric (depending on course topic)
  • WRIT 511:  Topics in Writing and Critical Communication (depending on course topic)
  • WRIT 566: Writing for STEM, Health and Medicine

And as the 1 required Frameworks course (3 credit hrs):

  • WRIT 502:  Digital English Studies

As Elective Credit, at least one course (3 hrs) from:

  • WRIT 431, 432, or 433: Academic Internship in Writing

Additional Recommended Elective Courses:

  • WRIT 311:  Topics in Writing and Rhetoric (depending on course topic)
  • WRIT 500:  The Theory and Practice of Tutoring Writers
  • WRIT 510:  Topics in Writing and Rhetoric (depending on course topic)

Micro-Certificate in Technical Writing with E-Badge

Option A: With Internship (7-9 hrs.)

Required Courses:

  • WRIT 365 or WRIT 365X: Proposal and Grant Writing
  • WRIT 366: Technical Communication 
    WRIT 431, 432, or 433: Academic Internship in Proposal Writing Industry Field 

Option B: Without Internship (9 hrs.)

Required Courses (6 hrs.):

  • WRIT 365 or WRIT 365X: Proposal and Grant Writing
  • WRIT 366: Technical Communication

Required Additional Elective in Professional and Technical Writing (3 hrs.):

  • WRIT 465: Rhetoric in the Professional Workplace
  • WRIT 367: Technical Editing
  • WRIT 501: Writing for New Media
  • WRIT 502: Digital English Studies
  • WRIT 566: Writing for STEM, Health, and Medicine
  • ENGL 530: Grammar in Theory and Practice