除了入门级的特定学科写作课程（请参阅课程清单以了解更多信息）之外，该系还提供4年制文学士学位，其中包括修辞和传播专业。该程序强调针对各种受众，媒体和目的的消息的解释，评估，制作和精确编辑。专业学习的学生以各种体裁写作，阅读当代非小说类作品，分析视觉和口头辩论，追踪印刷和电子媒体对西方文化的影响，并“通过理论研究和对文本实践的密切关注” “”考察了意识形态如何在话语上打下烙印。拥有修辞和传播学学士学位的学生可以进入传播，作文，媒体研究和修辞学等领域的研究生课程。他们还为依赖高级分析和沟通技巧（尤其是书面形式
In addition to discipline-specific writing courses at the introductory level (please see Course Listings for more information), the Department offers a 4-Year BA with a Major in Rhetoric and Communications. This program emphasizes the interpretation, evaluation, production, and precise editing of messages for a range of audiences, media, and purposes. Students in the Major practice writing in a variety of genres and read contemporary non-fiction, analyze visual and verbal arguments, trace the impact of print and electronic media on western culture, andthrough the study of theory and close attention to textual practicesexamine how ideology imprints itself on discourse. Students with a BA in Rhetoric and Communications can enter graduate studies in such fields as Communications, Composition, Media Studies, and Rhetoric. They are also well prepared for public- and private-sector careers that depend on advanced analytical and communicative skills, especially in writing.