Careers in WRD

Writing and Rhetoric majors and Professional Writing minors study and practice writing broadly, in professional and workplace contexts, as well as in more particular career pathways.  In all cases, your learning outcomes will transfer across contexts, strengthening job skills.

Producing digital content for the Internet and mobile applications is one of the fastest growing job sectors globally.  Across every profession, the capacity to create, manage, and strategically deploy digital content is critical.

From information-technology, to medicine, to business, to sports, to product design, to a full range of applied sciences, technical writers work in every industry that demands the communication of complex information for specific audiences.

Lawyers spend remarkably little time in court.  They spend considerably more time reading and writing, making Writing and Rhetoric the ideal major for law school preparation and jobs across the legal profession, including paralegal, legal secretary, legal transcriptionist, clerk, legal writer.

WRD majors learn important theoretical and practical skills relevant to secondary and college teaching of writing. Faculty who teach WRD major courses also teach in the graduate program concentration in Teaching Writing and Language. Work opportunities are available in the learning materials (textbook) industry as well.