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.
The Writing and Rhetoric Minor may be completed fully online, although not all elective options or program prerequisites may be offered online. Newly admitted students choosing to complete this program exclusively via UCF online classes may enroll with a reduction in campus-based fees.
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
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" (2.0) 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.
