College of Liberal Arts The University of Texas at Austin

Degree Plan

Please download the official
Rhetoric & Writing degree plan
from the College of Liberal Arts website.
It contains detailed degree requirements.


Rhetoric majors take 27 hours of rhetoric courses (including 18 upper-division):
  • 3 hours specified Rhetoric & Writing: RHE 306 Rhetoric & Writing
  • 3 hours specified upper-division Rhetoric & Writing: RHE 321 Principles of Rhetoric
  • 9 hours specified upper-division RHE (3 hours in each): RHE 330C Studies in Computers &
    Language    , RHE 330D History of Rhetoric, RHE 330E Rhetorical Theory & Analysis
  • 12 additional elective hours (including 6 upper-division) in Rhetoric and Writing

To fulfill the 12 elective hours, students in the major select from a wide variety of theory, analysis and applications courses. Below are a few recent examples of courses:

Topics in Professional and Technical Writing for Liberal Arts Majors

  • Writing for Non-Profits

Advanced Studies in Computers and Writing

  • Multimedia Writing
  • Rhetoric of Cyberculture
  • Knowledge Ecologies
  • User-Centered Design

History of Rhetoric

  • Classical to Modern Rhetoric
  • History of Public Argument

Rhetorical Theory and Analysis

  • Democracy in America
  • The Rhetoric of Science in Popular Media
  • Demagoguery

Advanced Topics in Rhetoric and Writing

  • Article Writing
  • Proposal Writing
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