English with an Emphasis in Rhetoric and Technical Communication (MA)
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Kate Crane, Program Director
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| Program Core | ||
| ENGL 511 | COMPOSITION PEDAGOGIES: THEORIES AND PRACTICES | 5 |
| ENGL 520 | SEMINAR IN RESEARCH METHODS AND DESIGN | 5 |
| ENGL 564 | PEDAGOGICAL GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION | 5 |
| ENGL 573 | HISTORY OF RHETORIC | 5 |
| or ENGL 575 | CONTEMPORARY RHETORICAL THEORIES | |
| ENGL 600 | THESIS | 1-12 |
| or ENGL 601 | PROFESSIONAL ESSAY | |
| or ENGL 590 | PORTFOLIO CAPSTONE | |
| Internship–students choose an internship appropriate to their discipline–as determined by the program director. | 5 | |
| INTERNSHIP: TEACHING COMPOSITION | ||
| INTERNSHIP: TEACHING LITERATURE | ||
| INTERNSHIP: TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE | ||
| INTERNSHIP: PROFESSIONAL WRITING | ||
| INTERNSHIP: WRITER'S CENTER | ||
| Rhetoric and Technical Communication | ||
| ENGL 503 | INFORMATION DESIGN | 5 |
| ENGL 568 | TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION: PRACTICE, THEORY AND PEDAGOGY | 5 |
| ENGL 573 | HISTORY OF RHETORIC (must differ from the rhetoric course taken to complete core requirements) | 5 |
| or ENGL 575 | CONTEMPORARY RHETORICAL THEORIES | |
| Choose three from the following | 15 | |
| INSTRUCTIONS AND PROCEDURES | ||
| USABILITY | ||
| PROPOSAL WRITING | ||
| EDITING IN TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| CONTENT MANAGEMENT | ||
| Total Credits | 60 | |
Students successfully completing the MA in ENGL Rhetoric and Technical Communications should be able to:
- Employ appropriate research methods for graduate level writing projects
- Produce texts that conform to the conventions of academic or professional writing
- Document reflective practice in conjunction with academic writing or teaching
- Communicate complex information to a variety of users
- Create instructional materials for a variety of users
- Design rhetorically effective user-centered documents for a variety of users