Certificate in Writing and Rhetoric

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The 32-credit Certificate in Writing and Rhetoric deepens students’ appreciation for written texts as a form of action. You’ll build skills to help you read critically and write powerfully in a range of literary and professional genres.

Lower-division courses

8 credits from any combination of the following:

ENG 280 - Introductory Topics in Rhetoric: Public Reasoning 4 credits
ENG 295 - Grammar in Context 4 credits
CW 220 - Introduction to Creative Writing 4 credits
CW 230 - Texts and Traditions 4 credits
CW 281 - Introductory Fiction Writing 4 credits
CW 282 - Introductory Poetry Writing 4 credits
(With English faculty approval) COMM classes

Core Course

ENG 414 - Writing for Publication 4 credits

Upper-division electives

20 credits of writing-focused upper-division English courses. Choose from:

ENG 312 - Writing Workshop for Teachers 4 credits
ENG 315 - Life Writing: Studies in Autobiographical Texts 4 credits
ENG 327 - Technical Writing 4 credits
ENG 329 - Grant Writing and Workplace Literacy 4 credits
ENG 355 - Topics in The Essay: Genre and Meaning 4 credits
ENG 383 - Intermediate Topics in Rhetoric 4 credits
ENG 383A - Environmental Writing 4 credits
ENG 383B - Rhetoric of the Body 4 credits
ENG 383C - Peacebuilding Rhetorics 4 credits
ENG 395 - Principles of English Grammar 4 credits
ENG 409A - Practicum in Professional Writing 1-16 credits (only up to 4 credits for this certificate)
ENG 472 - Introductory Methods in Teaching Writing 4 credits
ENG 480 - Advanced Topics in Rhetoric 4 credits
ENG 492 - Structure of the English Language 4 credits
Up to 8 credits may come from:
DCIN 362 - Screenwriting Theory & Practice 4 credits
EMDA 302 - Podcast Design & Production 4 credits
EMDA 320 - Writing Nonlinear 4 credits