2017-2018 Catalog

Minor Requirements

The Interdisciplinary Writing minor is a five-course program consisting of one required 200-level core class (WRD 295) and four electives, described as follows. 

Note: No more than three courses from one department can be counted towards the minor.

COURSEWORK

Core Courses

WRD 295Argument and Rhetoric Across the Disciplines

4 units

Electives

The below courses are offered regularly in the Interdisciplinary minor, though some may not be offered every year. Check Course Counts for the available courses each semester.

ARTS 301Writing Art and Writing As Art

4 units

CTSJ 215/WRD 215Critical Discourse Analysis

4 units

CTSJ 265Feminist Rhetoric and Social Change

4 units

ENGL 280Creative Writing

4 units

ENGL 281Creative Writing: Poetry

4 units

ENGL 290Introduction to Literary Methods

4 units

ENGL 380Creative Writing: Writing Identity

4 units

ENGL 382Advanced Creative Writing

4 units

MAC 220Narrative Practices

4 units

MAC 320Advanced Narrative Practices

4 units

THEA 201Alternative Voices in American Theater

4 units

THEA 380Playwriting

4 units

WRD 235Visual Rhetoric: Communication through Pictures and/or Words

4 units

WRD 250Writing with the Community

4 units

WRD 285Principles of Journalism I: Newswriting

4 units

WRD 286Principles of Journalism II: Narrative Journalism

4 units

WRD 287Rhetorical Fault Lines: Journalism, Persuasion, and Propaganda

4 units

WRD 295Argument and Rhetoric Across the Disciplines

4 units

WRD 301Creative Nonfiction

4 units

WRD 395Theory and Pedagogy of Writing

2 units