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About Us
A College of Humanities program dedicated to
Excellence in Writing and Rhetoric...
The University Writing Program was created in 1984 to ensure that students understand the forms and processes used by successful college-level writers, and that they continue to mature as writers in undergraduate and post-college settings.
Our faculty administer the required expository writing courses and assist departments and preprofessional programs in developing writing instruction for degree candidates in their specific fields. We offer a range of carefully developed undergraduate writing classes ranging from general courses in academic writing at the first-year college level to seminars in discipline-based and professional writing and rhetoric for upper-division students.
Since 1993, we have offered a Ph.D. in rhetoric, literacy and composition studies through three departments: English, Communication, and Education, Culture and Society. Thus far, every graduate has obtained a tenure-track faculty position.