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 295

Argument 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 301	Writing Art and Writing As Art	4 units
CTSJ 215/WRD 215	Critical Discourse Analysis	4 units
CTSJ 265	Feminist Rhetoric and Social Change	4 units
ENGL 280	Creative Writing	4 units
ENGL 281	Creative Writing: Poetry	4 units
ENGL 290	Introduction to Literary Methods	4 units
ENGL 380	Creative Writing: Writing Identity	4 units
ENGL 382	Advanced Creative Writing	4 units
MAC 220	Narrative Practices	4 units
MAC 230	Narrative Design and Worldbuilding for Media	4 units
MAC 320	Advanced Narrative Practices	4 units
THEA 201	Alternative Voices in American Theater	4 units
THEA 380	Playwriting	4 units
WRD 235	Visual Rhetoric: Communication through Pictures and/or Words	4 units
WRD 250	Writing with the Community	4 units
WRD 285	Principles of Journalism I: Covering News Across Media	4 units
WRD 286	Principles of Journalism II: Narrative Nonfiction: True Stories Told Well	4 units
WRD 287	Rhetorical Fault Lines: Journalism, Persuasion, Propaganda	4 units
WRD 295	Argument and Rhetoric Across the Disciplines	4 units
WRD 301	Creative Nonfiction	4 units
WRD 395	Theory and Pedagogy of Writing	2 units