Master of Arts in English - Rhetoric and Writing Studies

Oklahoma State University

The Rhetoric and Writing Studies program prepares students and teacher-scholars for active, engaged, and socially responsible citizenship in our twenty-first century democracy. We interrogate the means, methods, and practices of textual production in public/private, print/digital, and traditional/multimodal writing spaces. This program is committed to teaching practices which foster approaches to rhetorical citizenship that may guide ethical democratic deliberation and decision-making. Through the courses, training, and professional development our program offers, students and teachers utilize their rhetorical training to:Effectively identify, analyze, and discuss the credibility of information in a variety of modes, platforms, and genres. Apply their knowledge of writing in a wide variety of settings, including university, workplace, personal, and political. Produce writing that is rhetorically sensitive and effective with respect to considerations of audience, purpose, situation, and time.

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