Writing and Rhetoric Minor ~ Distinguishing Features

This minor provides theoretical frameworks to analyze communication practices across disciplinary, professional, civic, and interpersonal settings.

The curriculum provides focused opportunities to develop skills in writing, oral communication, and interpretation for diverse occasions and audiences.

The minor places rhetoric within a multicultural framework to facilitate an understanding of the role of diversity in shaping communication practices.

The curriculum investigates the relationships between developments in technology and communication practices.

The minor prepares students to be effective and ethical speakers, writers, and interpreters of information.