The Minor in Writing and Rhetoric will provide students with the in-depth study and practice of writing and rhetoric. The curriculum emphasizes civic, professional, and digital writing.
Minor Admission Requirements
Transfer Notes
- Courses transferred from private and out-of-state schools must be evaluated for equivalency credit. Students must provide all supporting information.
Minor Requirements
- Students should work with a department academic advisor to select courses that support the students' intended career or post-graduation path.
- Students cannot earn both the Minor in Writing and Rhetoric and the Certificate in Public and Professional Writing.
Prerequisite Courses
Degree Requirements
Required Courses
3 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Students should take this core course as early in the program as possible.
- Complete the following:
- ENC3314 - Writing and Rhetoric Foundations (3)
Advanced Core
3 Total Credits
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- ENC3250 - Professional Writing (3)
- ENC3331 - Rhetoric and Civic Engagement (3)
- ENC3373 - Cultural Rhetorics (3)
- ENC3417 - Literacy and Technology (3)
Applications of Writing and Rhetoric
12 Total Credits
- Complete at least 4 of the following:
- ENC3311 - Essay as Cultural Commentary (3)
- ENC3315 - Argumentative Writing (3)
- ENC3351 - Writing for Publication (3)
- ENC4353 - Writing for Social Change (3)
- ENC4354 - Writing with Communities and Nonprofits (3)
- ENC3330 - Rhetorical Traditions (3)
- ENC3375 - Rhetoric in Popular Culture (3)
- ENC3521 - Writing Across Difference (3)
- ENC4374 - Gendered Rhetorics (3)
- ENC4378 - Writing in Global and Transnational Contexts (3)
- ENC3453 - Writing About Health and Medicine (3)
- ENG3833 - Marketing Your Writing (3)
- ENC4212 - Professional Editing (3)
- ENC4275 - Theory and Practice of Tutoring Writing (3)
- LIN3673 - Rhetorical Grammar (3)
- ENC3433 - Multimedia Writing and Composition (3)
- ENC3455 - Writing about Science and Technology (3)
- ENC4416 - Writing in Digital Environments (3)
- ENC4434 - Visual and Material Rhetorics (3)
Grand Total Credits: 18
Restricted Electives (15 Credit Hours)
Theories and Histories of Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy (3 Credit Hours)
Students must take at least one course from the following:
- ENC 3330 - Rhetorical Traditions Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 3373 - Cultural Rhetorics Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 3417 - Literacy and Technology Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 3503 - Topics in Writing & Literacy Studies Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 3521 - Writing Across Difference Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 4374 - Gendered Rhetorics Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 4434 - Visual and Material Rhetorics Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 4504 - Contemporary Composition Theory Credit Hours: 3
Applications of Writing and Rhetoric (6 Credit Hours)
- Students must take at least two courses from the following two groups. Students can take one course from each group or two courses from one of the groups.
Civic and Cultural Rhetoric and Writing
- ENC 3311 - Essay as Cultural Commentary Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 3315 - Argumentative Writing Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 3372 - Topics in Civic Rhetoric and Writing Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 3375 - Rhetoric in Popular Culture Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 4353 - Writing for Social Change Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 4354 - Writing with Communities and Nonprofits Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 4378 - Writing in Global and Transnational Contexts Credit Hours: 3
Professional and Digital Writing
- ENC 3250 - Professional Writing Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 3351 - Writing for Publication Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 3417 - Literacy and Technology Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 3433 - Multimedia Writing and Composition Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 3453 - Writing About Health and Medicine Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 3454 - Topics in Professional and Digital Writing Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 3455 - Writing about Science and Technology Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 3473 - Writing in Disciplinary Cultures Credit Hours: VAR
- ENC 4212 - Professional Editing Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 4416 - Writing in Digital Environments Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 4275 - Theory and Practice of Tutoring Writing Credit Hours: 3
- ENG 3833 - Marketing Your Writing Credit Hours: 3
- LIN 3673 - Rhetorical Grammar Credit Hours: 3
Additional Restricted Electives (6 Credit Hours)
- Students must take at least 6 hours from the following:
- Any DWR 3000 or 4000 level courses not otherwise used to satisfy minor requirement.
- Approved 3000 or 4000 level writing-intensive courses. See program director or advisor for list of approved courses.
- A list of approved restricted elective courses is found in the myKnight audit.
Foreign Language Requirements
Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 18
Other Requirements:
- Students must earn a minimum 2.5 GPA in coursework used to satisfy the minor.
- A grade of "C+" (2.25) or better is required in each course used to satisfy the minor.
- At least 12 hours used to satisfy the minor must be taken from the Department of Writing and Rhetoric at UCF.
