The English Rhetoric and Writing minor requires a minimum of 21 credit hours of English course work, at least 9 of which must be upper-division (3000+ level). All courses must be completed with a grade of C- or better.

Course Requirements

Core Courses

Complete all of the following:

ENGL 3010 - Advanced Rhetoric and Writing
ENGL 3110 - Advanced Grammar
ENGL 4860 - Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing
ENGL 4880 - Topics in Public Rhetorics

Composition Studies

Complete one of the following:

ENGL 3800 - Writing Center Theory and Practice
ENGL 4800 - Writing Center Theory and Practice
ENGL 4810 - Special Topics in the Teaching of Writing:
ENGL 4830 - Rhetoric and Writing: Survey in Contemporary Approaches to Teaching Writing

Rhetoric and Writing Courses

Complete two unused courses from the following list.

Note: ENGL 3020, 4860, and 4880 may be repeated for this requirement with different topics.

ENGL 3020 - Topics in Advanced Rhetoric and Writing
ENGL 3170 - riverrun Literary and Arts Journal
ENGL 3220 - Special Topics: Gender, Writing, and the Environment
ENGL 3300 - Cultural Rhetorics of the Contemporary North American Family
ENGL 3400 - Cultural Rhetorics of Contemporary South Africa
ENGL 3800 - Writing Center Theory and Practice
ENGL 3820 - Rhetoric History and Theory: Contemporary Rhetorics and the Canonical Tradition
ENGL 3830 - Legal Writing
ENGL 4800 - Writing Center Theory and Practice
ENGL 4810 - Special Topics in the Teaching of Writing:
ENGL 4820 - Classical Rhetoric
ENGL 4830 - Rhetoric and Writing: Survey in Contemporary Approaches to Teaching Writing
ENGL 4840 - Practicum for Writing Instructors
ENGL 4850 - History of the English Language
ENGL 4860 - Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing
ENGL 4880 - Topics in Public Rhetorics
ENGL 4890 - Antidiscrimination Rhetorics