Rhetoric
A graduate concentration in Rhetoric is available through the Department of English.
Ph.D. Program Description
Concentration in Rhetoric
Admissions Requirements
Graduate students in rhetoric complete coursework in the history of rhetoric; rhetorical and discourse theory; composition theory, pedagogy and practice; and discourse analysis.
Their professional development includes practical experience as teachers of writing. Over the course of their careers, graduate students may teach RHE306, the first-year course in argumentation, and design and teach various sections of RHE309, the sophomore-level course in rhetorical topics.
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Digital Literacies and Literatures
The rhetoric faculty support the Computers and English concentration within English.
Ph.D. Program Description
Concentration in Digital Literacies and Literatures
Admissions Requirements
This concentration investigates the complicated issues of textuality that have arisen with the advent of the computer age, and seeks to develop a dialogue between print-based cultures and the emergent cultures of electronic information.
Like Rhetoric students, Computers in English graduate students have the opportunity to teach and work as writing consultants for the DRW. Their preparation may also include teaching in networked computer classrooms for the CWRL.
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