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English-Rhetoric and Composition - Ph.D. Program Requirements PDFDownload to print

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (60 credits)
Course Title Credits
ENG 75012 Reading and Interpreting Research on Writing * 3
ENG 75022 Rhetorical Theory: Greek and Roman 3
ENG 75044 Research Design 3
ENG 75051   Literacy: Functions, Practices and History 3
ENG 89199 Dissertation I 30
Area A: Theory, Choose from the following: 9
ENG 75023 Rhetorical Theory: 18, 19, 20th Centuries (3)  
ENG 75027 Role of Composition (3)  
ENG 75035 Linguistics for Rhetoricians (3)  
ENG 85024 Domain Rhetorics and the Construction of Knowledge (3)  
ENG 85025  Theories and Systems of Writing and Representation (3)  
ENG 85033 The Rhetorical Nature and Function of Extended Discourse (3)  
ENG 85055 The Nature and Relationship of Academic and Nonacademic Literacy (3)  
ENG 85056 Introduction to the Study of Writing Assessment: Research, Theory and Practice (3)  
Area B: Practice, Choose from the following: 9
ENG 75052 Writing Activity as Social Practice (3)  
ENG 75053 Writing Technologies (3)  
ENG 85041 Field Research Methods in Writing (3)  
ENG 85042 Discourse Analysis (3)   
ENG 85054 Studies in Literacy and Community (3)  
ENG 85057 Rhetorical Methods (3)  
TOTAL 60*

*When scheduling permits, ENG 75012 should be taken as a prerequisite to 75044; there will be semesters however, when students need to take ENG 75012 and 75044 simultaneously if they want to take the ENG 75044.

** 60 hours beyond a master's degree