Minor in Rhetoric

Declaring the Minor in Rhetoric

Students are eligible to declare the Rhetoric Minor after completing at least one course requirement toward the minor.

Please complete  The Minor Completion petition and have it signed by your major advisor before submitting it.  No course taken as p/np may be used to satisfy any requirement of the minor.

Minor Requirements

(C Average required)

  • 1 lower division course from any of Rhetoric 10 (Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument), Rhetoric 20 (Rhetorical Interpretation), Rhetoric 30 (Theory and Practice of Public Speech), Rhetoric 50 (Big Words in Law), or Rhetoric 60 (Big Words in Politics)
  • 1 upper division course from either Rhetoric 103A (Approaches and Paradigms in the History of Rhetorical Theory I) or Rhetoric 103B (Approaches and Paradigms in the History of Rhetorical Theory II)
  • 3 upper division electives in Rhetoric
  • Passed/Not Passed courses do not satisfy requirements!