Rhetoric and Composition is a thriving subfield of English Studies that focuses on all things to do with how people write. Graduate coursework in rhetoric and composition consists of a wide range of topics in the field such as the teaching of composition, the history of rhetoric, contemporary issues in rhetoric, research methods, contemporary composition theories, composition and critical theory or cultural theory, visual rhetorics, and more.
If you would like to explore rhetoric and composition more thoroughly, take more of the other courses.
If you would like to make rhetoric and composition one of your three areas for either the MA comprehensive exam or the portfolio, plan on taking 2-4 courses in the area.
Faculty Teaching Graduate Rhetoric and Composition courses
