ENG 4540 - Professional Writing and Rhetoric Capstone

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): Senior Standing

Description: This course is the Senior Experience for the English Major with a Professional Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) concentration. Students produce a capstone project that synthesizes knowledge and skills acquired over the course of the student’s undergraduate studies in English. Students critically analyze and reflect on the diversity of theoretical approaches, textual forms, authorial identities, orientations, and audiences encountered across the field of professional writing and rhetoric, considering also the history of the field, underlying philosophical tenets, and current and emergent practices. The capstone project may be multi-modal and may involve research and rhetorical analysis.

University Requirement(s): Senior Experience