Writing and Rhetoric focuses on the arts of writing and critical thinking through different lenses, including composition theory, digital and cultural rhetorics, creative and professional writing, literacy studies, and new media. This degree will teach you to see the world with greater texture and nuance and produce work that enacts change as you become an engaged citizen and an active professional in careers and graduate programs for which the development, analysis, and synthesis of texts are essential. Our course offerings, curricular design, and individualized, student-centered approach to teaching, learning, and mentorship encourage our students to take creative risks, experiment with style and form, generate new ideas, and challenge convention with the goal of cultivating and amplifying their own distinctive voices.