Program Information

The Master of Arts in Technical Writing & Digital Rhetoric is a 30-credit program that offers a variety of graduate courses in technical writing, digital rhetoric, and writing technologies and provides opportunities for hands-on experience, advanced scholarship, internships, and professional development. Students can complete the program onsite or online.

Paid Graduate Instructor Positions

We offer paid graduate instructor positions for students interested in teaching first-year writing. The program consists of 30 credits of coursework, including a culminating activity.

Required Courses (9 credits total)

ENGL 6401 Research Methods in Technical Writing and Digital Rhetoric – 3 credits
ENGL 6400 Advanced Editing – 3 credits
ENGL 6402 Critical Theories in Technical Writing and Digital Rhetoric – 3 credits

Elective Courses (18 credits total)

Choose 6 of the following courses

ENGL 6820 Practicum in Teaching College Composition (required for GAs) – 3 credits
ENGL 6480 Special Topics in Technical Writing (repeatable) – 3 credits
ENGL 6460 Special Topics in Digital Rhetoric (repeatable) – 3 credits
ENGL 6470 Special Topics in Writing Technologies (repeatable) – 3 credits
ENGL 6920R Directed Readings in Technical Writing and Digital Rhetoric (required for thesis option; repeatable) – 1-3 credits

Choose 1 of the following culminating activities (3 credits total)

ENGL 6972R Master’s Thesis – 3 credits
ENGL 6971 Professional Portfolio in Technical Writing and Digital Rhetoric – 3 credits
ENGL 6900 Professional Internship – 3 credits

Course Rotation

2-Year Schedule

The TW&DR program will publish a tentative course schedule two years in advance so that prospective and current students can see the course rotation to plan their progress toward graduation. This will also give faculty time to prepare quality graduate curriculum. Note that thesis, portfolio, internship, and directed readings credits are not listed as courses.

COURSE	INSTRUCTOR

FALL 2023
ENGL 6820: Practicum in Teaching College Composition	Dr. Shauna Wight
ENGL 6401: Research Methods in TWDR	Dr. Joy McMurrin
ENGL 6402: Critical Theories in TWDR	Dr. Florence Bacabac
ENGL 6480: Designing Text for New Media	Dr. Cheri Crenshaw

SPRING 2024
ENGL 6400: Advanced Editing	Dr. Cheri Crenshaw
ENGL 6460: User-centered Design	Dr. Joy McMurrin
ENGL 6470: Multimodal Production	Dr. Chalice Randazzo

FALL 2024
ENGL 6820: Practicum in Teaching College Composition	Dr. Jim Haendiges
ENGL 6401: Research Methods in TWDR	Dr. Florence Bacabac
ENGL 6402: Critical Theories in TWDR	Dr. Joy McMurrin
ENGL 6480: Writing Technologies, Multiliteracies, and Global Englishes	Dr. Shauna Wight

SPRING 2025
ENGL 6400: Advanced Editing	Dr. Cheri Crenshaw
ENGL 6460: Audiovisual Client Narratives	Dr. Amanda Scott
ENGL 6470: 5 Canons of Rhetoric and A.I.	Dr. Joy McMurrin

FALL 2025
ENGL 6820: Practicum in Teaching College Composition	Dr. Shauna Wight
ENGL 6401: Research Methods in TWDR	Dr. Florence Bacabac
ENGL 6402: Critical Theories in TWDR	Dr. Joy McMurrin
ENGL 6480: Visual Design	Dr. Jim Haendiges

SPRING 2026
ENGL 6400: Advanced Editing	Dr. Cheri Crenshaw
ENGL 6460: Rhetoric of Data and Information	Dr. Lacy Hope
ENGL 6470: Technical Writers as Advocates	Dr. Chalice Randazzo

FALL 2026
ENGL 6820: Practicum in Teaching College Composition	Dr. Jim Haendiges
ENGL 6401: Research Methods in TWDR	Dr. Florence Bacabac
ENGL 6402: Critical Theories in TWDR	Dr. Joy McMurrin
ENGL 6480: GIS Mapping and Rhetoric of Place	Dr. Theda Wrede

SPRING 2027
ENGL 6400: Advanced Editing	Dr. Cheri Crenshaw
ENGL 6460: User-centered Design	Dr. Joy McMurrin
ENGL 6470: Multimodal Production	Dr. Chalice Randazzo

FALL 2027
ENGL 6820: Practicum in Teaching College Composition	Dr. Shauna Wight
ENGL 6401: Research Methods in TWDR	Dr. Florence Bacabac
ENGL 6402: Critical Theories in TWDR	Dr. Joy McMurrin
ENGL 6480: Personal and Corporate Identities (or Writing for Digital Media)	Dr. Cheri Crenshaw