修辞，写作和数字媒体研究由18个单元组成的研究生证书课程旨在为当前和将来的学术写作教师提供专业发展。扎根于修辞学和作文理论，素养理论和媒体素养的教师，他们有足够的能力在其作文教室中实施有效的教学实践，并继续进行教师研究以改善教学实践。修辞，写作和数字媒体研究证书特别适用于正在寻求认证，高级培训和晋升的高中和大学教师，以及正在为社区从事作文教学职业做准备的英语课程的文学硕士学生大学或高中，以及想在修辞，写作和数字媒体研究方面加入专业的博士候选人。
Engage with a focused curriculum that prepares you as both a writer and scholar. Through this graduate certificate, your coursework will emphasize the importance of critical reading, reflection, writing, digital media, and spoken language skills as tools that shape knowledgeable citizens who understand and appreciate their civic, professional, and personal responsibilities in an increasingly global community. As a leader grounded in rhetoric and composition theory, you will be equipped to implement effective practices in any environment. The 18-unit graduate certificate program in Rhetoric, Writing, and Digital Media Studies is designed to provide professional development for current and future teachers of academic writing.<br><br>Teachers who are grounded in rhetoric and composition theories, literacy theories, and media literacies are well equipped to implement effective teaching practices in their composition classrooms and to continue teacher research to improve teaching practices.