Degree Requirements

Degree Requirements

Course Requirements 

Students complete 12 courses (48 credits) to graduate from the MA in WRD program. Program requirements vary based on whether or not the student declares a concentration.

Required Course (4 credits)

Rhetoric and Discourse Courses (12 credits)

Optional Concentrations (16 credits)

Professional & Digital Writing

Teaching Writing & Language

Electives (8-32 credits)

• Students who declare a concentration take four elective courses (16 credits); students who do not declare a concentration take eight elective courses (32 credits).
• Students may declare a concentration by completing the LAS Graduate Concentration Declaration.
• All 500-level WRD courses count for elective credit.
• Students who have completed six MA in WRD courses may take up to two courses outside of the MA in WRD for elective credit; the WRD Graduate Committee must approve any course a student wishes to take outside of the department. 

Exit Requirement

All students will deliver a presentation during their last quarter in the program.  This presentation will incorporate research, analysis, and reflection to critically consider the student's pathway through the MAWRD program and look ahead to post-graduate plans.  It will be presented to an audience of peers and faculty.

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