Interdisciplinary Writing and Rhetoric Minor

For additional assistance in planning your Rhetoric and Culture Minor, contact Dr. Cori Brewster (cbrewste@eou.edu) or Dr. Heidi Harris (hharris@eou.edu) and see the Advising page.

A minimum of 30 graded credits from the following courses is required. At least 15 credits must be upper-division, and at least 10 must be from EOU. A minimum of C- or better is required in each course counting toward the minor, but a cumulative grade of C (2.00) is required for completion of the minor.

Required Courses

• PHIL 103: Critical Thinking (5)
• WR 222: Introduction to Rhetoric (3)
• HUM 328: Interdisciplinary Rhetoric (3)

Complete a minimum of 6 hours from the following group

• MM 350: Multimedia Theory (3)
• WR 220: Methods of Tutoring Writing (3)
• WR 281: Writing in the Community (3)
• WR 320: Professional Writing (3)
• WR 330: Digital Rhetoric (3)
• WR 393: Rhetoric and Public Culture (3)
• WR 493: Writing Theory (3)

Complete a minimum of 13 additional hours from courses listed in the section above and/or from the following group

• ANTH 345: Media, Politics, Propaganda (5)
• ANTH 356: Language & Culture (5)
• BA 225: Report Writing (4)
• ENGL 316: Approaches to Grammar (4)
• GEOG 319: Environmental Report Writing (3)
• MM 225: Multimedia Applications (3)
• SPAN 322: Writing for the Bilingual (4)
• THEA 360: Playwriting for the Stage (3)
• WR 230: News Writing (4)
• WR 243: Screenwriting Fundamentals (3)
• WR 310: Selected Topics (1-5)
• WR 316: Advanced Prose Writing (4)
• WR 329: Grantwriting (repeatable) (1)
• WR 351: Prof Editing & Publishing (3)
• WR 360: Literacy, Discrimination, Power (3)
• WR 409: Practicum (1-2)

May request to arrange Practicum and Selected Topics as individual projects with faculty members

At least 15 of the 30 credits must be upper division. A minimum of “C-“ or better is required in each course counting toward the minor, but a cumulative grade of “C” (2.00) is required for completion of the minor.