Writing and Rhetoric Minor

The minor in Writing and Rhetoric offers students the opportunity to extend their study of writing and rhetoric beyond the Humanities and Arts Requirement without majoring in either the Writing and Rhetoric concentration in Humanities and Arts or the interdisciplinary Professional Writing program. Students interested in declaring a minor should obtain a minor declaration form so that they are assigned an advisor early in the process. Contact Professor Lorraine Higgins (ldh@wpi.edu) for more information.

The minor consists of two units of work, distributed in the following way:

1. 2/3 unit. Core courses in writing and rhetoric: RH 3111, RH 3112
2. 1 unit. Electives in writing and rhetoric, chosen from the following: EN/WR 2210, EN/WR 2211, EN/WR 2213, EN/WR 3011, EN/WR 3210, RH 3211, EN/WR 3214, EN/WR 3217 and RH 3211. If there is good reason, and with the approval of the Program Review Committee, electives may also include courses in art history, literature (in English or other languages), and philosophy and religion.
3. 1/3 unit. Capstone IS/P. Students should submit and have approved a one-page proposal for their capstone to the Program Review Committee the term before they intend to complete it.

No more than 1 unit of coursework may be double-counted toward the Humanities and Arts Requirement. Students interested in this area also may wish to consider the major in Professional Writing.