修辞是指以各种格式和媒体研究和使用书面，口头和视觉语言。圣地亚哥州立大学的修辞与写作研究专业（加利福尼亚州立大学系统和圣地亚哥地区唯一的此类专业）旨在培养经验丰富的作家和口译者，使他们的分析，交流和说服能力相称几乎每个二十世纪职业的需求，包括商业，法律，市场营销和广告，政治，科学，教育，专业写作等。该专业还为商科，法律以及人文和科学领域的研究生课程的研究生学习提供了出色的准备。本专业的学生研究说服力和意义在各种公共和专业环境中的作用，学习如何：有效地交流和表达思想，说服和激发不同的受众，在各种媒体中分析和
Our program produces sophisticated writers and interpreters of texts whose analytical, communicative, and persuasive abilities will meet the demands of almost every twenty-first century profession. The major also provides excellent preparation for graduate-level study in business, law, and a range of disciplines in the humanities and sciences. You'll study how persuasion and meaning function in a wide variety of public and professional contexts, learn how to communicate and express ideas effectively, persuade and inspire diverse audiences, analyze and produce information, messages, and arguments in a range of media and technologies, and express a position clearly and ethically.