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Minor in Rhetoric and Writing
The information below is designed to provide information regarding the Literacy Studies Minor. For additional information, Literacy Studies Program Overview pamphlets are available in the College of Humanities, LNCO 2100 and the University Writing Program office, LNCO 3700.
Why a Literacy Studies Minor?
If you minor in Literacy Studies you will have a better understanding of how to think about writing, to adapt your writing for different situations and audiences, and to construct better texts. In short, you will have an advantage over others who do not have this background.
A minor will help you be prepared not only to be a better writer in your major, but in a range of fields: publishing, editing, professional writing, government, community advocacy, the non-profit sector, corporate communications, scientific and technical fields, education, government, pre-law and medicine, and you will be especially well prepared for graduate work in rhetoric/composition.
Required Courses for the Minor
To complete the minor you take six introductory core courses that give you a background in rhetoric and writing, writing and technology, writing for specific audiences, writing persuasively, and editing and revising your drafts.
Background in Rhetoric and Writing
WRTG 3860: Introduction to Writing
WRTG 3870: History and Theory of Writing
Writing, Culture, and Audiences
WRTG 4010: Writing for International Audiences
WRTG 3900: Discourses and Communities
WRTG 4050: Writing and Cultural Rhetorics
Technical and Visual Literacy
WRTG 3810: Technologies of Writing
WRTG 4030: Visual Rhetoric: Image/Text/Argument
WRTG 4040: Writing for Electronic Media
Writing and Power
WRTG 4870: Writing, Persuasion, and Power
WRTG 4060: Writing and the Public Sphere
Language and Prose
WRTG 3510/LING 3510/ESL 3510: Grammar and Stylistics
ENGL 5350: Revising and Editing
The Practice of Academic and Professional Writing
WRTG 3011: Writing in the Arts & Humanities
WRTG 3012: Writing in the Social Sciences
WRTG 3014: Writing in the Sciences
WRTG 3015: Professional/Technical Writing
WRTG 3016: Business Writing