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Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication

Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication (WRTC) is a relevant, community-focused undergraduate degree. Students learn rhetorical and practical skills that fit today’s workplace and help them make a difference in the world.

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Explore Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication

Our graduates develop essential skills in writing, analysis, and technology so they can help audiences connect, inform, and achieve. Our emphasis offers students a chance to become excellent communicators. Students choose a customized path of courses in areas such as:

  • Writing (including creative nonfiction and technical writing)
  • Rhetoric (including argument, persuasion, analysis, rhetorical theory, and rhetoric and pop culture)
  • Technical communication (including grant and proposal writing, usability, and social media)
  • Editing (including grammar, style, and editing for clear communication)
  • Advocacy, community, and leadership (including writing for advocacy and change, participating in service-learning and community-based projects, and writing for nonprofits).

Our courses prepare you to:

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  • Write persuasively and effectively within a wide range and genres and for a variety of purposes and audiences;
  • Create clear, concise, usable documents that help audiences accomplish specific tasks, solve problems, and understand information;
  • Use technology to create, design, manage, and deliver content;
  • Apply rhetorical concepts of audience, context, and purpose to make effective and ethical choices about style, organization, content, and design;
  • Communicate effectively through a variety of media; and
  • Critically read and edit your own and others’ documents

The Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication (WRTC) degree offers students a customizable degree plan that combines the best elements of writing, rhetoric, and technical communication. Through a combination of foundational courses and a series of options, students may build their own degree. The result is a community-based program that prepares students with both the practical and rhetorical skills they need to be successful in today’s job market.