Graduate Minor in Literacy and Rhetorical Studies

Note: The Literacy and Rhetorical Studies minor is not currently accepting new students. Please contact Allie Cooperman at writgpc@umn.edu for more information.

This interdisciplinary minor offers opportunities to interrogate issues related to writing and literacy with faculty members from disciplines across the University. Students craft individualized programs to complement their primary degree programs and open new perspectives for scholarship and teaching. Areas of inquiry include:

• historical, feminist, and cultural analyses of literacy and rhetoric;
• theories and practices of writing pedagogy;
• reading and writing in nonacademic settings; and
• the effects of technology on literacy practice.

Students take 9 credits (for a masters minor) or 12 credits (for a doctoral minor). We invite you to learn more about the admissions process. 

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