The Writing Studies minor supports students to become proficient writers and communicators in both academic and professional settings. This research-based, interdisciplinary degree approaches writing and rhetoric through a variety lenses, including professional writing, digital, civic, and cultural rhetorics, literacy and new media studies, and composition theory/pedagogy. Students who minor in Writing Studies are often planning careers or graduate studies 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 and academic disciplines in which the development, analysis, and synthesis of texts are essential.
Updated: April 19, 2023