- Program:
- Bachelor
- College(s):
- College of Arts and Humanities
- Department(s):
- Writing and Rhetoric
College of Arts and Humanities
Department of Writing and Rhetoric,
Colbourn Hall, Room: 301-B
http://writingandrhetoric.cah.ucf.edu/
Email: writingandrhetoric@ucf.edu
Dr. Laurie A. Pinkert, Director, Laurie.Pinkert@ucf.edu, 407-823-1057
Adele Richardson, Program Advisor, Adele@ucf.edu, 407-823-0349
Dr. Marcy Galbreath, Program Advisor, Marcy.Galbreath@ucf.edu, 407-823-0745
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Writing and Rhetoric provides students with in-depth training in the interrelated fields of writing, rhetoric, and literacy studies, preparing them for a range of writing-focused jobs that involve the analysis, creation, editing, adaptation, and/or coordination of written, digital, and multimedia texts.
Admission Requirements
- Students transferring with an AA or AS degree or who have completed their general education courses in composition elsewhere are strongly recommended to enroll in ENC 3314 – Writing and Rhetoric Foundations as an advanced core requirement course in their first semester at UCF.
Degree Requirements
- Students who change degree programs and select this major must adopt the most current catalog.
- Students must earn at least a “C+” (2.25) in each required course.
- Students should consult with a departmental advisor.
- Departmental Residency Requirement consists of at least 18 semester hours of regularly scheduled 3000-4000 level courses taken from the UCF Writing and Rhetoric Department.
- Courses designated in 1 (General Education Program) and 2 (Common Program Prerequisites) are usually completed in the first 60 hours.
- Students must earn a minimum 2.5 GPA in coursework used to satisfy the major.
Tuition and Fees
UCF is ranked as a best-value university by The Princeton Review and Kiplinger, and one of the nation’s most affordable colleges by Forbes.
$212.28 per credit hour
The approximate tuition cost for one year in this program at UCF based on a full time schedule (30 credit hours per year)
UCF is ranked as a best-value university by The Princeton Review and Kiplinger, and one of the nation’s most affordable colleges by Forbes.
$748.89 per credit hour
The approximate tuition cost for one year in this program at UCF based on a full time schedule (30 credit hours per year)