Major Requirements

Major Requirements

Course Requirements

Fifty-six quarter hours distributed as follows:

Core (4 courses)

WRD Elective Categories

One course is required from each of the two following WRD elective categories:

Writing in Communities and Professions

¹

May be repeated for credit when the topic is different.

Rhetorical History, Theory, and Analysis

¹

May be repeated for credit when the topic is different.

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:

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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