The Minor in Composition and Rhetoric helps students become proficient writers in preparation for graduate school or the workplace. This interdisciplinary degree approaches writing and rhetoric through a variety lenses, including composition theory, digital and cultural rhetorics, literacy studies, and new media. Students will learn to write across genres and audiences to see and compose the world with greater texture and nuance. Students who minor in Composition and Rhetoric are often planning careers in law, education, communications, public administration, and business. It is the ideal minor for students who wish to gain practical writing experience that will help them communicate successfully across an array of professional fields in which the development, analysis, and synthesis of texts are essential.
