The Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Rhetoric and Compositon is a post-baccalaureate program designed to give students who already hold a B.A. or a B.S. the opportunity to enroll in courses to earn a graduate certificate. The certificate will aid those already enrolled in graduate programs who wish to have more training in the theory, practice, and teaching of writing. The certificate will also aid students who wish to prepare for futures in the community college classroom or as members of terminal degree programs.

This certificate program requires 15 hours of credit. Students may transfer up to 3 hours of credit from another program to apply to the Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Rhetoric and Composition. Admission to the certificate program requires a formal application through the Office of Graduate Admissions.

Requirements for a Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Rhetoric and Composition:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Component		6
EN 610W	Composition Theory
EN 575W	Literacy, Culture, and Writing
Elective Component		9
Choose 9 credit hours from the following:
EN 542	Survey of Grammar
EN 534W	Language and Gender
EN 545W	Multimodal Writing
EN 572W	Rhetoric: Argument and Style
EN 609W	Rhetorical Theory and Culture
EN 616	Composition Pedagogies
EN 617	Writing Technologies
EN 691W	Selected Seminar in Writing
Total Hours		15