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Writing, Rhetorics and Literacies ,Minor

Writing, Rhetorics and Literacies, Minor

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Writing, Rhetorics and Literacies , Minor

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Learn how to turn words into actions. Improve your communication skills, enhance your professional qualifications and career prospects, and ready yourself to help change the world.
Description ▲

In the minor program in writing, rhetorics and literacies, students learn to create new knowledge and reason, and to read, write and act in robust and significant ways to meet the new challenges of the present and the future.

Students study the ways in which communication creates knowledge and action, and how that communication is constructed, circulated, reacted to and repurposed through time and place. They explore the history, theories and methods of inquiry as well as pragmatic and social actions of rhetoric, writing and literacies.

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Curriculum ▲
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Requirement Minimum Grade Credit Hours
The minor in writing, rhetorics and literacies consists of 18 credit hours. At least 12 credit hours must be completed at the upper-division level, with a minimum of six upper-division credit hours from courses offered by The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Courses must be completed with a grade of "C" (2.00 on a scale of 4.00) or better to satisfy minor requirements.
Required Courses
ENG 205: Introduction to Writing, Rhetorics and Literacies (CIVI)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
ENG 390: Methods of Inquiry
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
Directed Electives
6 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 6
Elective Minor Courses
6 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 6
Notes
Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this minor.

Enrollment requirements ▲

GPA Requirement: None

Incompatible Majors: BA in English (all concentrations)

Other Enrollment Requirements: None

Current ASU undergraduate students may pursue a minor and have it recognized on their ASU transcript at graduation. Minor requirements appear on the degree audit after the minor is added. Certain major and minor combinations may be deemed inappropriate by the college or department of either the major or the minor program. Courses taken for the minor may not count toward both the major and the minor.
Career opportunities▲

Minor programs enable students to develop additional competencies that complement the marketable knowledge and skills they acquire in their majors. A minor in writing, rhetorics and literacies can benefit those who pursue careers in writing, editing or publishing.
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