The Rhetoric and Composition (Division I) concentration in the Literature and Writing M.A. prepares students for further study in English and related fields, and it functions as a bridge to the doctoral degree program in Rhetoric and Composition: Literacy, Rhetoric and Social Practice.


Concentration Requirements:

Students must take a minimum of 12 hours of course work in the Rhetoric & Composition concentration.

Students concentrating in Division I are required to take
English 65011 Introduction to the Field of Writing: Theory, Research, and Practice)
English 65012 Reading and Interpreting Research on Writing

Two additional courses must be selected from the following:

• English 65057 Semeiotics
• English 63031 Schools of Linguistics)
• English 65051 Literacy: Functions, Practices, and History
• English 65052 Writing Activity as Social Practice
• English 65053 Writing Technologies
• English 65022 Rhetorical Theory: Greek and Roman
• English 65023 Rhetorical Theory: 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries

Students who have not previously completed an upper-division or graduate course in linguistics will also take English 63031 Schools of Linguistics in addition to the 12 hours of required course work.)