Rhetoric, Media, and Professional Communication is one of four majors offered by the English Department. RMPC offers both intellectual challenge and practical insight into rhetoric, professional writing and information design, and digital media.<br><br>This degree will give you a solid grounding in classical and contemporary rhetoric and allow you to pursue interests in advertising, technical writing, document design, and digital media.<br><br>In the English-RMPC program you will be taking courses that span a number of different fields:<br><br>Rhetoric and professional communication courses will give you experience not only in writing in a variety of modes and for a variety of purposes and audiences, but also in exploring a variety of research methods.<br>Digital media courses will give you opportunities to both analyze and create a broad variety of digital media texts.<br>Linguistics courses will show you the nature and structure of the language through which we express and define ourselves. <br>Literature and criticism courses will allow you to select from a broad range of traditions, including British, Canadian, American, and Postcolonial literatures.<br>RMPC electives will give you the opportunity to extend your interests in many directions.