Writing and Rhetoric Minor

Requirements for the Minor

A minor in Writing and Rhetoric requires six full course credits. Students planning to study writing during their semester abroad should consult carefully with the Writing and Rhetoric faculty to determine which courses may be accepted toward the minor. In keeping with Scripps policy, all courses must be taken for letter grades to fulfill minor requirements.

Foundational Courses

Three courses, one from each of the three categories below (if you take more than one course from each category, the courses not counted toward the Foundational Courses requirement can be counted toward the Writing Workshop requirement or the Writing Studies, Discourse Studies, and Rhetoric requirement):

1. Histories of Writing and Rhetoric

• WRIT105 SC Writing and the Liberal Arts  
• WRIT110 SC Introduction to Rhetoric      
• WRIT119 SC A Genealogy of Writing   

    2.  Creative Nonfiction/Essay/Journalism

• WRIT135 SC Writing Social Media  
• WRIT140 SC Creative Nonfiction  
• WRIT146 SC Academic vs. Creative Non/Fiction  

     3.  Persuasive Multimodal Rhetorics

• WRIT153 SC Introduction to Podcasting  
• WRIT172 SC Rhetorics of Sustainability  
• WRIT175 SC Social Action Writing and Rhetoric  

Writing Workshop Courses

One course selected from among the following:

• ENGL093 PO Writing About Rock and Pop  
• WRIT016 PZ The Writing Process  
• WRIT020 PZ Writing Seminar: Representing LA  
• WRIT109 SC Writing Studio  (if taken twice)
• WRIT120 SC Tech Rhetorics  
• WRIT 122 SC Proposal and Application Writing   
• WRIT130 SC Literary Journalism I/O  
• WRIT132 SC Arts + Culture Review  
• WRIT135 SC Writing Social Media  
• WRIT140 SC Creative Nonfiction    
• WRIT137 SC The Newspaper Op-Ed  
• WRIT145 SC Women’s Memoir/Writing  
• WRIT146 SC Academic vs. Creative Non/Fiction  
• WRIT 155 SC - Writing Satire  
• WRIT165 SC Prison Writing Center Praxis   
• WRIT175 SC Social Action Writing and Rhetoric  
• WRIT197 SC Special Topics in Writing  

Writing Studies, Discourse Studies, and Rhetoric Courses

 Two full courses selected from among the following:

• ART189 PO Writing Art
• ENGL087F PO Writing: Theories, Processes, Practices  (full course credit)
• ENGL087H PO Writing: Theories, Processes, Practices  (half course; must be taken for letter grade)
• ENGL 108 PO The Essay as Resistance
• ENGL 164 PO Essay and Experiment
• GOVT141 CM The Politics and Craft of International Journalism   
• GOVT142 CM International Political Feature Writing  
• GOVT143 CM Introduction to Political Journalism Writing  
• LIT 177 CM The Art of Oratory   
• MS 070 PZ Media and Social Change    
• POLI144 SC Legal Storytelling and the Rule of Law  
• WRIT010 PZ Writing Publics: Education, Literacies, and Culture  
• WRIT100A PZ Writing Center Theory & Praxis  (half-course credit)  
• WRIT105 SC Writing and the Liberal Arts  
• WRIT110 SC Introduction to Rhetoric  
• WRIT112 SC Words, Words, Words
• WRIT113 SC Prose Style and the Sentence  
• WRIT119 SC A Genealogy of Writing  
• WRIT139 SC Election Lab: Rhetoric, Commentary, and Podcasts  
• WRIT153 SC Introduction to Podcasting  
• WRIT160 SC Theories and Pedagogies of Writing  
• WRIT161 IO SC Classroom-based Tutoring
• WRIT163 IO SC Writing Center Literacies
• WRIT172 SC Rhetorics of Sustainability