Rhetoric/Writing Minor
For information, contact the Department of English, english@miamioh.edu 513-529-5221.
This minor provides students an understanding of how language and writing shape actions and attitudes and form persuasive discourse through study of rhetorical theory for writers, research methods in writing, and practice in a wide range of writing that college-educated graduates can be expected to produce in their civic and professional lives.
Courses taken credit/no-credit will not count toward the minor. A minimum 2.00 GPA is required for all courses in the minor. This minor is open to all majors except English: Professional Writing.
Program Requirements
(18 semester hours)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required courses | ||
| ENG 223 | Rhetorical Strategies for Writers | 3 |
| ENG/IMS 224 | Professional Communication & Digital Rhetoric | 3 |
| Select one of the following upper-level courses: | 3 | |
| Interactive Business Communication | ||
| Visual Rhetoric | ||
| Print and Digital Editing | ||
| Grant and Proposal Writing | ||
| Capstone in Professional Writing 1 | ||
| Writing for Global Audiences | ||
| Elective courses | ||
| Select 9 hours from unused courses above, or from the following list: | 9 | |
| Humanities and Technology | ||
| Professional Communication for Business | ||
| Medical Writing | ||
| Style: Strategies for Editing and Writing | ||
| The Rhetoric of Information and Data Visualization | ||
| Advanced Composition | ||
| Introduction to Creative Writing: Short Fiction and Poetry | ||
| Professional Communication for Data Analytics | ||
| Backgrounds to Composition Theory and Research | ||
| Special Topics in Rhetoric and Persuasion | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| Business Writing | ||
| Legal Writing and Reasoning | ||
| Intermediate Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction | ||
| Interactive Business Communication | ||
| Ethics and Digital Media | ||
| Developing & Publishing Digital Books | ||
| Writing Center Theory and Practice | ||
| Structure of Modern English | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
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ENG 493 may be substituted for ENG 415.