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Core Writing Studies Courses: Minor in Writing and Rhetoric
Must take at least one; each offered at least once per year.
| Number | Title | Codes |
|---|---|---|
| WRITING 201S | History of Writing Studies | ALP, HI, W, WR |
| WRITING 202S | Words in the World: Theories of Writing and Rhetoric | W, HI, WR, ALP |
| WRITING 203S | Research Methods in Writing Studies | EI, HI, R, W, WR |
Electives for the Minor in Writing and Rhetoric (Courses Originating in TWP)
While students can take more than one core Writing Studies course (see above) as part of their five total courses for the minor, students can also choose from among the following TWP-originating electives to meet the five-course total minor requirement. (See also the list of approved electives from courses originating outside of TWP.)
TWP will offer at least six of the following electives per semester.
Forthcoming Courses
Writing 233S Technical and Professional Communication** Explores the purposes, ethics, challenges, and approaches informing technical and professional communication across contexts and across written, verbal, and digital modes.
Writing 282S Communicating Science Research** Explores the promises and perils of scientific publishing in the twenty-first century, catering to academic and public contexts, and provides practice in critical reading and analysis of science research, including health-science research and climate-related science research.
Writing 323 Writing Pedagogy for K-12** Historical and emergent theories and practices of composition pedagogy within K-12 contexts, including pedagogies for multimodal composing, language diversity, and assessment of student writing.
Writing 350 Feminist Writing Practices/Theory** Explores writing through the lens of feminist theory, considering histories, theories, and pedagogies of writing that embrace and enact intersectional and rhetorical possibilities and feminist praxis through writing.
Writing 362 The Social Life of Words, Memes, and Emojis** Explores the major concepts of semiology to interrogate how symbols, signs, and icons are used and transformed in the digital world and in digital communication.