Major Requirements
Course Requirements
Fifty-six quarter hours distributed as follows:
Core (4 courses)
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
WRD 201 | DIGITAL WRITING | 4 |
WRD 203 | STYLE FOR WRITERS | 4 |
WRD 210 | CULTURAL RHETORICS | 4 |
WRD 264 | LANGUAGE, SELF AND SOCIETY | 4 |
WRD Elective Categories
One course is required from each of the two following WRD elective categories:
Writing in Communities and Professions
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| 4 |
WRD 204 | TECHNICAL WRITING | |
WRD 205 | HISTORY OF LITERACIES AND WRITING | |
WRD 206 | PROFESSIONAL WRITING | |
WRD 240 | ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING | |
WRD 241 | THE ESSAY FROM PRINT TO NEW MEDIA | |
WRD 242 | WRITING WITH AI | |
WRD 280 | WRITING IN THE SCIENCES | |
WRD 282 | ETHICS OF PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING | |
WRD 283 | ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING | |
WRD 284 | SPORTS WRITING IN AMERICA: MYTHS, MEMORIES, HEROES AND VILLAINS | |
WRD 286 | WRITING WITH PHOTOGRAPHS | |
WRD 300 | COMPOSITION AND STYLE | |
WRD 301 | WORKPLACE WRITING: THEORY AND PRACTICE | |
WRD 309 | TOPICS IN WRITING, RHETORIC AND DISCOURSE 1 | |
WRD 320 | TOPICS IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING 1 | |
WRD 321 | WRITING IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION | |
WRD 322 | WRITING AND METADATA | |
WRD 323 | EDITING | |
WRD 324 | WRITING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE | |
WRD 325 | RHETORIC IN CRISIS CONTEXTS | |
WRD 326 | GRANT AND PROPOSAL WRITING | |
WRD 327 | CONTENT WRITING | |
WRD 340 | WRITING AND REVISING | |
WRD 345 | GHOSTWRITING | |
WRD 371 | MENTORING YOUTH IN COMMUNITY WRITING GROUPS (EL/LSP EL) | |
WRD 372 | DIGITAL STORYTELLING | |
WRD 376 | FIELDWORK IN ARTS WRITING (EL/LSP EL) | |
WRD 377 | WRITING AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT (EL/LSP EL) 1 | |
WRD 395 | WRITING CENTER THEORY & PEDAGOGY (EL/LSP EL) | |
WRD 396 | WRITING FELLOWS THEORY AND PRACTICE (EL) | |
Rhetorical History, Theory, and Analysis
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| 4 |
WRD 208 | INTRODUCTION TO REASONED DISCOURSE | |
WRD 209 | GENRE AND DISCOURSE | |
WRD 220 | HOW LANGUAGE WORKS | |
WRD 231 | GOOGLING GOD: RELIGIOUS PRACTICES IN DIGITAL CULTURE | |
WRD 232 | THE LANGUAGE OF DISABILITY | |
WRD 260 | RHETORICAL ANALYSIS | |
WRD 261 | DIGITAL CULTURE | |
WRD 262 | THE RHETORIC OF EVERYDAY TEXTS | |
WRD 263 | READING BETWEEN THE GROOVES: THE RHETORICAL POWER OF POPULAR MUSIC | |
WRD 265 | SOCIAL MOVEMENT, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND AMERICAN IDENTITIES | |
WRD 266 | LEVELING UP: THE SOCIAL RHETORIC OF VIDEO GAMES | |
WRD 281 | WRITING CENSORSHIP | |
WRD 285 | TRUTH IN DISGUISE: THE RHETORIC OF SATIRE | |
WRD 287 | THE COMIC BOOK AS VISUAL ARGUMENT | |
WRD 288 | RHETORIC AND POPULAR CULTURE | |
WRD 289 | WRITING ABOUT RIGHTS | |
WRD 306 | RHETORICAL TRADITIONS | |
WRD 330 | LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS | |
WRD 360 | TOPICS IN RHETORIC 1 | |
WRD 361 | TOPICS IN ALTERNATIVE RHETORICS 1 | |
WRD 362 | SEMIOTICS | |
WRD 363 | VISUAL RHETORIC | |
WRD 364 | CHICAGO WOMEN RHETORS | |
WRD 365 | MIGRATION & STORYTELLING | |
WRD 368 | GLOBAL ENGLISHES | |
WRD 378 | TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN CHICAGO (EL/LSP EL) | |
WRD 390 | RHETORIC AND PUBLIC WRITING | |
Major Field Electives
The equivalent of eight additional four-hour electives may be drawn from either of the elective categories above and from the following:
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
WRD 207 | INTRODUCTION TO WRITING AND RHETORIC | |
WRD 290 | WRITER'S TOOLS WORKSHOP (2 hr course, may be repeated for major-field elective credit as long as topic differs) | |
WRD 291 | THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH POSTER | |
WRD 398 | INTERNSHIP (EL/LSP EL) | |
WRD 399 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | |
Experiential Learning (EL) Requirement
All Writing and Rhetoric majors are required to take one EL-designated course within the major. WRD courses designated both EL and LSP EL will fulfill the major’s EL requirement and the Liberal Studies Experiential Learning requirement simultaneously. A LSP EL course taken outside of WRD will not count toward the EL major requirement.
Open Electives
Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.
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