The Center for Writing Studies is an interdisciplinary
program that offers a specialization in Writing Studies for graduate students
through four different University programs: the Department of English,
the College of Education, the Department of Speech Communication, and
the Division of English as an International
Language.
Program Requirements for the Center
Specialization Requirements
Colloquium Presentation
Department of English Requirements
Other Department Requirements
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Program Requirements for the Center
To qualify for a specialization in Writing Studies within a department,
graduate students must complete the following Center for Writing Studies'
requirements for the Ph.D. The graduate students must also meet the requirements
of their home department.
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:: Specialization
Requirements
: English 505/C&I 563: Writing Studies I: Social Contexts and Functions
of Writing (4 credits), if not taken at the Master's level. Substitute
another course if taken at the Master's level.
: English 506/C&I 564: Writing Studies II: Writing Processes and Their
Development (4 credits), if not taken at the Master's level. Substitute
another course if taken at the Master's level.
: English 582: Seminar in Research and Inquiry in Writing Studies (two
4 credit courses for a total of 8 credits)
:Two additional elective courses in Writing Studies (8 credits) chosen from a list approved by the Center for Writing Studies in consultation with a Writing Studies faculty member
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:: Colloquium
Presentation
As part of the oral defense of the dissertation, students must prepare
and deliver a lecture based on their research to faculty and students
for the Center's Colloquium Series Graduate Research Forum. Abstracts
and, if available, recordings of previous colloquium talks are available
on the Center's colloquium archive
site.
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:: Department
of English Requirements
Currently, the majority of Writing Studies’ graduate students enter
the program through the Department of English. The requirements for the
Ph.D. from the Department of English are:
: 32 credits of course work (400 or 500 level)
: Satisfactory completion of a Special
Field Examination
: Dissertation and dissertation defense
: Demonstrated reading knowledge of a foreign language (if not already
satisfied at the M.A. level)
: Satisfactory completion of the Ph.D. specialization requirements for
Writing Studies (listed above)
For more information consult the Department
of English website.
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:: Other
Department Requirements
Ph.D. requirements for other departments are available on their home websites:
: Department of
Speech Communication
: College
of Education
: Division
of English as a Second Language
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