University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 4 courses 24 total credits
The Center for Writing Studies (CWS) facilitates research and promotes graduate study in the areas of rhetoric, written composition, language, and literacy. CWS offers graduate students pursuing doctoral degrees in participating departments a program leading to a concentration in Writing Studies. Graduate students pursuing the concentration may be enrolled in the participating departments of English, Communication, Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Policy, Organization, and Leadership, Library and Information Science, or other departments from across campus with the approval of the student's home department. Graduate students may elect to pursue a concentration in Writing Studies at the PhD level. Students take two foundational courses for the concentration to introduce them to the field, along with two methodology courses to ready them for their research. The first pair of required courses ( ENGL 505 / CI 563 ; and one of the following theme-focused courses: ENGL 506/CI 564, ENGL 583 / CI 566 , ENGL 584 / CI 569 or a 500-level course approved for this requirement by the CWS Graduate Programs Committee) provides a historical background in Writing Studies while at the same time assuring knowledge of current issues through the reading and analysis of texts that mark the field. The second pair of required courses ( ENGL 582 / CI 565 and a second approved methodology course) introduces students in depth to strands of writing studies research -- historical, empirical,...
| Total Hours | 24 credits |
Theme-focused Writing Studies
Or 500-level course approved for this requirement by the CWS Graduate Programs Committee.
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 505 | Writing Studies | 4 |
| ENGL 583 or ENGL 584 | Topics Writ Pedagogy & Design or Topics Discourse and Writing | 4 |
| Total Theme-focused Writing Studies | 8 credits | |
Methods Courses
& one other methods course approved by the Director of the Center for Writing Studies. Elective hours from approved CWS list in consultation with your advisor.
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 582 | Topics Research and Writing | 4 |
| Total Methods Courses | 8 credits | |
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