Campus: Westchester
The BA in Writing and Rhetoric focuses on the arts of writing and critical thinking through different lenses, including composition theory, digital and cultural rhetoric, creative and professional writing, literacy studies, and new media. The program teaches students to see the world with greater texture and nuance and produce work that enacts change as they become engaged citizens and active professionals in careers and graduate programs for which the development, analysis, and synthesis of texts are essential.The BA in Writing and Rhetoric is part of a larger writing program and culture, which is the hub of a thriving on-campus creative community, supporting a student podcast and YouTube channel, literary and arts magazine, and creative arts events like readings, workshops, salons, and festivals with award-winning visiting writers and artists.
Requirement | Credits |
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University Core Requirements | 44-55 |
Major Requirements | 36 |
Open Electives | 37-48 |
Total Credits | 128 |
See complete University Core requirements.
Code | Title | Credits |
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University Core | ||
Complete University Core Requirements | 44-55 | |
Total Credits | 44-55 |
Code | Title | Credits |
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Gateway and Foundation Courses | ||
ENG 206 | Introduction to Writing Studies | 3 |
LIT 205 | Introduction to Literature, Culture and Media | 3 |
LIT 2XX | Any 200-level LIT Course | 3 |
LIT 132 | Introduction to Literacy Studies | 3 |
LIT 196 | Topics in Literature | 3 |
LIT 200H | Topic: Poe and Hawthorne | 3 |
LIT 201 | English Drama 900 - 1642 | 3 |
LIT 204 | Contemporary Film at the Jacob Burns Center | 3 |
LIT 211C | Early World Literature: The Search for Truth and Meaning | 3 |
LIT 211D | The Individual and Society | 3 |
LIT 211F | Worlds In Literature: The Asian Diaspora | 3 |
LIT 211G | Worlds In Literature | 3 |
LIT 211H | Introduction to Shakespeare | 3 |
LIT 211J | American Voices | 3 |
LIT 211L | Sex, Gender, and Love in Early World Literatures | 3 |
LIT 211P | Literature of African Peoples I | 3 |
LIT 211U | Latina/o Voices: Transnational Currents in American Writing | 3 |
LIT 211V | The Literature of War and Peace | 3 |
LIT 211W | Women in Literature I | 3 |
LIT 211X | Love and Money in the Novel | 3 |
LIT 211Y | Travel Course: Greece A Modern Odyssey | 3 |
LIT 212A | The New American Dream: Literature and Cultural Division | 3 |
LIT 212D | The Individual and Society | 3 |
LIT 212F | Global Crossings: Challenge and Change in Modern World Literature | 3 |
LIT 212H | Literature of Crime and Criminality | 3 |
LIT 212J | The Native American Experience | 3 |
LIT 212K | Studies in the Short Story | 3 |
LIT 212L | Popular Fiction | 3 |
LIT 212M | The Cosmos and the Literary Imagination | 3 |
LIT 212P | Literature of African Peoples II | 3 |
LIT 212Q | Young Adult Fiction | 3 |
LIT 212T | Comparative Modernisms | 3 |
LIT 212U | Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels | 3 |
LIT 212W | Women in Literature II | 3 |
LIT 212X | Early American Black Lives Matter | 3 |
LIT 212Y | American Women Writers | 3 |
LIT 213C | Participatory Literature | 3 |
LIT 213D | Great Britain: Literature, Art, and Culture | 3 |
LIT 225 | World Literature I | 3 |
LIT 226 | World Literature II | 3 |
LIT 238 | Introduction to Children's Literature | 3 |
LIT 242R | Study in American Literature: American Women Poets | 3 |
LIT 275 | Disability Studies in Literature and Culture | 3 |
LIT 280 | Shakespeare Goes to the Movies | 3 |
LIT 290Q | Goddesses: Ancient to Early Modern | 3 |
LIT 290R | Fairy Tales from Medieval to Modern: Feminist and Other Readings | 3 |
LIT 292T | Seminar: The African-American Experience | 3 |
LIT 296A | Topic: Literature and Culture of Contemporary India | 3 |
ENG 2XX | Any 200-Level Course | 3 |
ENG 212 | Introduction to Genre Studies | 3 |
ENG 214 | Introduction to Rhetorical History and Theory | 3 |
ENG 215 | Rhetorics of the Body | 3 |
ENG 223 | Creative Writing | 3 |
ENG 223A | Creative Writing: Creating a Good Life | 3 |
ENG 223C | Creative Writing: Drama | 3 |
ENG 223E | Creative Writing: Film Scenario | 3 |
ENG 223F | Topic: Writing about Cultures | 3 |
ENG 231 | Writing for Business | 3 |
ENG 243 | Contemporary American Literature and Culture | 3 |
ENG 246 | Seminar in Major American Authors | 3 |
ENG 247 | Literature and Film | 3 |
ENG 279A | Feminist Issues: Women Writing About Their Lives-Fact to Fiction | 3 |
ENG 296B | Topics: From Creative Writing to Publication | 3 |
Distribution Requirements | ||
ENG 3XX | Creative or Professional Writing Course | 3 |
ENG 306 | Writing for the Professions | 3 |
ENG 307 | Creative Writing: Fiction | 3 |
ENG 308 | Creative Writing: Poetry | 3 |
ENG 309 | Creative Nonfiction | 3 |
ENG 310 | Journalism | 3 |
ENG 311 | Workshop in Fiction Writing | 3 |
ENG 312 | Workshop in Poetry Writing | 3 |
ENG 315 | Playwriting | 3 |
ENG 316 | Writing Comics & Graphic Novels | 3 |
ENG 317 | Screenwriting | 3 |
ENG 318 | Feature Writing | 3 |
ENG 318A | Feature Writing: Literary Journalism | 3 |
ENG 322 | Advanced Writing | 3 |
ENG 322A | Advanced Writing: The Art of the Memoir | 3 |
ENG 322B | Advanced Writing: Fiction | 3 |
ENG 322C | Advanced Writing: Writing for Children and Tweens | 3 |
ENG 322D | Advanced Writing: Playwriting | 3 |
ENG 322E | Topics in Advanced Writing: Hybrid Forms | 3 |
ENG 323 | Advanced Screenwriting | 3 |
ENG 324 | Writing of Fiction | 3 |
ENG 325 | Professional Writing and Editing | 3 |
ENG 326 | Topics in Professional Writing | 3 |
ENG 326B | Topics in Professional Writing: TV Scriptwriting | 3 |
ENG 326C | Topics in Professional Writing: Travel Writing | 3 |
ENG 326E | Topics in Professional Writing: Art of Content Creation | 3 |
ENG 326F | Topics in Professional Writing: Avatars, Identity, and the Internet | 3 |
ENG 330 | Writing for Television | 3 |
ENG 340 | Professional Writing Portfolio | 3 |
ENG 396D | Topics: Playwriting | 3 |
ENG 3XX | Writing and Rhetoric Course | 3 |
ENG 391 | Advanced Writing Workshop: Poetry | 3 |
ENG 392 | Seminar in Poetry Writing | 3 |
ENG 394 | Internship: Writing for Civic Engagement | 3-6 |
ENG 395 | Independent Study in English | 1-9 |
ENG 396E | Writing Cultural Criticism for the Web | 3 |
ENG 396H | Topics: Cultural Rhetorics | 3 |
ENG 300 | Language and Gender | 3 |
ENG 301 | The History of the English Language | 3 |
ENG 302 | Composition Theory and Practice | 3 |
ENG 303 | Language, Meaning, and Behavior | 3 |
ENG 304 | Growth of the English Language | 3 |
ENG 341 | Language in Society | 3 |
ENG 342 | Writing About Culture: Ethnography | 3 |
LIT 3XX | Any 300-Level LIT Course | 3 |
LIT 301 | Young Adult Literature | 3 |
LIT 303 | Introduction to Cultural Studies | 3 |
LIT 304 | Postcolonial Literature | 3 |
LIT 306 | American Dramatic Literature | 3 |
LIT 307 | Contemporary American Poetry | 3 |
LIT 308 | Women and American Literature | 3 |
LIT 309 | Medieval Literature | 3 |
LIT 310 | Children's Literature | 3 |
LIT 313 | History of the Novel | 3 |
LIT 313A | Studies in the Novel: Twenty First Century | 3 |
LIT 315 | The 20th Century Novel | 3 |
LIT 315A | Topic: Twentieth Century Literature: Post-Modern Literature | 3 |
LIT 326 | African American Literature | 3 |
LIT 329 | Literary Theory and Criticism | 3 |
LIT 334 | Spanish and Latin American Literature | 3 |
LIT 340 | Alternative Media and Literature | 3 |
LIT 341 | Selfies, Literature and the Visual | 3 |
LIT 342 | Studies in American Literature | 3 |
LIT 342C | Topics: Studies in Amer Lit: August Wilson | 3 |
LIT 342H | Studies in American Literature: The Harlem Renaissance | 3 |
LIT 342L | Studies in American Literature: Toni Morrison | 3 |
LIT 343 | Contemporary American Literature | 3 |
LIT 345 | Literatures of Diversity | 3 |
LIT 347 | American Short Fiction | 3 |
LIT 348 | Literature and Film | 3 |
LIT 348C | Literature and Film: Screen Adaptations of African American Literature | 3 |
LIT 349 | American Drama | 3 |
LIT 349A | African American Drama | 3 |
LIT 351 | Early Modern Literature | 3 |
LIT 352 | Seventeenth Century Literature | 3 |
LIT 353 | Eighteenth Century Poetry and Prose | 3 |
LIT 354 | Romanticism | 3 |
LIT 355 | Victorian Literature | 3 |
LIT 357 | Literature of the Supernatural | 4 |
LIT 359 | The Female Gothic | 3 |
LIT 360 | Shakespeare on Film | 3 |
LIT 362 | Shakespeare | 3 |
LIT 373 | Modernism | 3 |
LIT 374 | Studies in Poetry: Modern Poetry | 3 |
LIT 374A | Studies in Poetry - A | 3 |
LIT 374B | Studies in Poetry - B | 3 |
LIT 375 | The Black Arts Movement | 3 |
LIT 376 | Slave Narratives | 3 |
LIT 379 | Feminist Issues in Literature | 3 |
LIT 379A | Feminist Issues: Women Writing About Their Lives | 3 |
LIT 382 | Literary Criticism | 3 |
LIT 387 | Open Seminar | 3 |
LIT 387D | Open Seminar: Literature, Technology, and Culture | 3 |
LIT 387E | Open Seminar: Comparative Literature | 3 |
LIT 395 | Independent Study in Literature | 1-6 |
LIT 396J | Harlem Renaissance II: Fiction, Biography, The Visual Arts | 3 |
LIT 396Q | Topics in Literature: Postmodern Fiction | 3 |
LIT 396T | Modern British and American Poetry | 3 |
LIT 396U | Topic: Postcolonial Literature: The Caribbean | 3 |
LIT 396V | Topics in Literature: The Brontes | 3 |
LIT 396X | Topics: Trans Literature | 3 |
LIT 482L | Literature and Language Seminar | 3 |
Major Electives | ||
ENG 220 | Writing Center Practicum | 1 |
Choose 9 credits from upper-level courses in ENG or LIT | 9 | |
Major Requirements | ||
ENG 393 | Internship | 1-6 |
ENG 499 | Senior Year Experience in English | 3 |
Code | Title | Credits |
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Open Electives | ||
Select 37-48 credits | 37-48 | |
Total Credits | 37-48 |
In addition to the courses listed below, students are required to complete two courses with the Anti-Racism Education attribute attached. These courses may be taken during any semester of their education. See advisor for more information.
First Year | ||
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Fall | Credits | |
ENG 110 | Composition | 3 |
UNV 101 | First-Year Seminar: Introduction to University Community | 1 |
First Second Language Course. See Advisor for guidelines | 3 | |
Take two remaining Area of Knowledge course (Learning Community (LC)) | 6 | |
CIS 101 | Introduction to Computing | 0-3 |
Credits | 13-16 | |
Spring | ||
ENG 120 | Critical Writing | 4 |
COM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 |
ENG 206 | Introduction to Writing Studies | 3 |
One Lab Science course | 3 | |
Second Language Course, if applicable | 3 | |
Credits | 16 | |
Second Year | ||
Fall | ||
LIT 205 | Introduction to Literature, Culture and Media | 3 |
One 200-level major foundation requirement course in subject ENG | 3 | |
Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course | 3 | |
One Civic Engagement (CE) course | 3 | |
Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course | 3 | |
Credits | 15 | |
Spring | ||
MAT 102 | Mathematics for Life | 3 |
One 200-level major foundation requirement course in subject LIT (Writing Enhanced (WE) course) | 3 | |
Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course | 3 | |
Open Elective Course | 3 | |
Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course | 3 | |
ENG 201 | Writing in the Disciplines | 3 |
Credits | 18 | |
Third Year | ||
Fall | ||
One 300-level major requirement distribution course in subject ENG (Creative or Professional Writing) | 3 | |
One 300-level major requirement distribution course in subject LIT | 3 | |
ENG 393 | Internship | 3 |
Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge | 3 | |
Open Elective Course | 3 | |
Open Elective Course | 3 | |
Credits | 18 | |
Spring | ||
One 300-level major requirement distribution course in subject ENG (Writing & Rhetoric Studies) | 3 | |
One major elective course in subject ENG or LIT | 3 | |
One major elective course in subject ENG or LIT | 3 | |
Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course | 3 | |
Open Elective Course | 3 | |
Credits | 15 | |
Fourth Year | ||
Fall | ||
One major elective course in subject ENG or LIT | 3 | |
Open Elective Course | 3 | |
Open Elective Course | 3 | |
Open Elective Course | 3 | |
Open Elective Course | 3 | |
Credits | 15 | |
Spring | ||
ENG 499 | Senior Year Experience in English | 3 |
Open Elective Course | 3 | |
Open Elective Course | 3 | |
Open Elective Course | 3 | |
Open Elective Course | 3 | |
Credits | 15 | |
Total Credits | 125-128 |
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