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Graduate Minors

Graduate Minor in RSTC

The graduate minor in RSTC is available to M.A., M.S., and Ph.D. students in other programs. For M.A. and M.S. students, the minor will be: 6 semester credits in writing studies courses at the 5xxx and 8xxx level. The minor for Ph.D. students in other programs requires 12 semester credits of 5xxx and 8xxx level courses (6 of which can be taken for the M.A. or M.S. degree) with 1 course being in rhetorical theory and criticism. Students may choose the remaining courses from any of writing studies’ graduate level courses.

Graduate Minor in Literacy & Rhetorical Studies

M.A. and Ph.D. students in Writing Studies (and other departments) may consider minoring in Literacy and Rhetorical Studies (LRS). Housed in the Center for Writing, this interdisciplinary minor offers opportunities to interrogate issues related to writing and literacy with faculty members from disciplines across the University. Students will craft an individualized program that complements your degree program and opens new perspectives for scholarship and teaching. Previous LRS students' interests have included (but are not limited to) historical, feminist, and cultural analysis of literacy and rhetoric; theories and practices of writing pedagogy; reading and writing in non-academic settings; and effects of technology on literacy practice.