Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication

The Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication program offered by University of Memphis prepares students to teach and conduct research in the areas of composition, rhetoric, technical communication, and writing program administration.

Key facts

Students of the Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication program offered by University of Memphis following a career path in industry are prepared to work as consultants, editors, content developers, and researchers.

Students who hold teaching assistantships teach in the English Department’s First-Year Writing Program sequence and eventually may be able to teach upper-division courses in professional writing, engineering communication, and persuasive writing. Students interested in writing program administration may be able to serve as an assistant director in the university’s Center for Writing and Communication and/or the First-Year Writing Program.

Courses structure

The core curriculum provides students with:

• training in rhetorical,

• research methods,

• scholarly writing,

• and the concerns of writing studies, after which students work with their advisors to select courses that most align with their professional interests.