Minor in Writing and Rhetoric (19 hours)

Program Requirements

1. Complete the following:
   ENGL 322 : History and Criticism of Rhetoric. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 322 : History and Criticism of Rhetoric. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Historical study of rhetorical theory and criticism, emphasizing both classical and contemporary practice.
   
   
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   ENGL 400 : Portfolio Capstone for Writing and Rhetoric Minors. (1:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 400 : Portfolio Capstone for Writing and Rhetoric Minors. (1:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 322 & ENGL 311; or ENGL 322 & ENGL 312; or ENGL 322 & ENGL 316
   DESCRIPTION:	Producing a portfolio of writing projects by writing and rhetoric minors.
   NOTE:	Engl 400 should be taken during the last semester of the minor.
   
   
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2. Complete one course from the following:
   ENGL 311 : Writing About the Arts and Humanities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 311 : Writing About the Arts and Humanities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Junior or senior status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Writing for both academic and mass audiences about the functions, meanings, values, and qualities of art and the humanities. Library research paper.
   NOTE:	Carries GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication credit.
   
   
   Course Outcomes
   
   
   
   ENGL 312 : Persuasive Writing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 312 : Persuasive Writing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Junior or senior status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Expository and persuasive writing focusing on practical reasons for evaluating audiences, generating and structuring an argument, and making stylistic decisions. Library research paper.
   NOTE:	Carries GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication credit.
   
   
   Course Outcomes
   
   
   
   ENGL 316 : Technical Communication. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 316 : Technical Communication. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Junior or senior status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Effective processes of written, oral, and visual technical communication, including collaborative processes. Writing for academic and professional audiences.
   NOTE:	Carries GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication credit.
   
   
   Course Outcomes
   
   
   
   ENGL 324 : Writing with Style. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 324 : Writing with Style. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Developing stylistic competency and range in nonfiction writing, especially at the sentence and paragraph levels.
   
   
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3. Complete 12 additional credit hours from the following (courses will not double count between items 2 and 3):
   ENGL 211 : Rhetoric and Civilization 1. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 211 : Rhetoric and Civilization 1. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Western civilization from Greek antiquity to the Renaissance emphasizing rhetoric; the arts of language and their role in shaping institutions, values, and beliefs.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
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   ENGL 212 : Rhetoric and Civilization 2. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 212 : Rhetoric and Civilization 2. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Western civilization from the Renaissance to the present emphasizing rhetoric; the arts of language and their role in shaping institutions, values, and beliefs.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
   Course Outcomes
   
   
   
   ENGL 218R : Creative Writing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 218R : Creative Writing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Individual sections dealing with poetry, personal essays, drama, fiction, or science fiction, or combinations of these.
   
   
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   ENGL 220 : Composing Personal History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 220 : Composing Personal History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Composing personal history through writing, mementos, oral history, chronologies, letters, documents, journals, and other mediums.
   NOTE:	Independent Study also.
   
   
   Course Outcomes
   
   
   
   ENGL 311 : Writing About the Arts and Humanities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 311 : Writing About the Arts and Humanities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Junior or senior status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Writing for both academic and mass audiences about the functions, meanings, values, and qualities of art and the humanities. Library research paper.
   NOTE:	Carries GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication credit.
   
   
   Course Outcomes
   
   
   
   ENGL 312 : Persuasive Writing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 312 : Persuasive Writing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Junior or senior status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Expository and persuasive writing focusing on practical reasons for evaluating audiences, generating and structuring an argument, and making stylistic decisions. Library research paper.
   NOTE:	Carries GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication credit.
   
   
   Course Outcomes
   
   
   
   ENGL 316 : Technical Communication. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 316 : Technical Communication. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Junior or senior status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Effective processes of written, oral, and visual technical communication, including collaborative processes. Writing for academic and professional audiences.
   NOTE:	Carries GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication credit.
   
   
   Course Outcomes
   
   
   
   ENGL 324 : Writing with Style. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 324 : Writing with Style. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Developing stylistic competency and range in nonfiction writing, especially at the sentence and paragraph levels.
   
   
   Course Outcomes
   
   
   
   ENGL 325 : Visual Rhetoric. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 325 : Visual Rhetoric. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Rhetorical perspectives on the theory, criticism, and production of images and other visual texts, including visual elements of literary texts.
   
   
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   ENGL 326 : Digital Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 326 : Digital Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Analyzing the virtual rhetorical spaces and culture created by digital technologies, focusing on interactivity, social networking, and media convergence.
   
   
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   ENGL 327R : Studies in Rhetoric. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 327R : Studies in Rhetoric. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Special topics in rhetorical history, theory, and criticism.
   
   
   Course Outcomes
   
   
   
   ENGL 328R : Studies in Composing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 328R : Studies in Composing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Special topics in composing in different media (visual, digital, aural) and genres for a range of purposes and audiences.
   
   
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   **ENGL 399R : Academic Internship. (.5-9:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   **ENGL 399R : Academic Internship. (.5-9:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Consent of cooperative education coordinator.
   DESCRIPTION:	On-the-job training.
   
   
   Course Outcomes
   
   
   
   ***ENGL 495 : The Senior Course. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ***ENGL 495 : The Senior Course. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 251 & ENGL 291 & ENGL 292 & ENGL 293 & ENGL 295; English major status; senior status.
   DESCRIPTION:	In-depth study of a limited area of literature, language, or criticism. Content varies; requires research and writing.
   
   
   Course Outcomes
   
   
   
   
   **In a rhetoric- or writing-related profession.
   ***May have prerequisites.

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