Department of Writing and Rhetoric

Major and Minor Programs

The department offers a major in professional and digital writing and a minor in writing that prepare students for careers in technical writing, editing, social media, web design, and digital media production.

The professional and digital writing major also prepares students for graduate study and careers in higher education, law, and other fields.

A minor in writing provides students with course work and experiences composing for professional, digital, and academic audiences.

The B.A. in professional and digital writing and the minor in writing are both offered partially and fully online. It is recommended that students who wish to complete either program fully online meet with the director of the major to coordinate scheduling for online required courses.

First-Year Writing

The department’s first-year writing program helps students to develop fundamental skills in producing and understanding written texts, to gain fluency in writing for a variety of audiences and situations, and to become critical readers and skilled writers of print, digital, and visual texts.

Placement

There are a variety of ways students might place into a course in Oakland University’s first-year writing program. The most up to date information is found at Department of Writing and Rhetoric.

Writing Foundations

Most students satisfy the university general education requirement in the writing foundations area by completing WRT 1060 with a grade of C or higher. Please consult the Writing Requirements section in the general education area of the catalog for alternate ways of fulfilling this requirement.

Departmental Honors

Professional and digital writing majors with a combined GPA of 3.6 in courses taken within the major may qualify for departmental honors.