The major is a part of the School of Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication, an academic unit within the College of Arts and Letters.<br>The study of writing, rhetoric and technical communication includes two concentrations in the undergraduate major: technical and scientific communication and writing and rhetoric. The WRTC major emphasizes scholarly, humanistic and social scientific perspectives on the function and application of communication technologies, with instruction in areas such as: literacy studies, rhetorical traditions, writing pedagogy, editing, website theory and design, publications management, knowledge and information management, writing for professional communities such as government, medical, scientific and academic