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A minor in Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Writing provides a program of study to help students learn to use rhetoric and to see how language and writing shape actions and attitudes to form persuasive discourse in a variety of contexts. Students study contemporary and classical rhetoric and composition theory, as well as visual literacy, research methodologies, and professional writing.
This minor complements any major on campus and gives students the opportunity to improve critical reading, writing, and thinking skills, as well as to conduct original, undergraduate research, to compose and interpret texts using multiple modes, including written, digital, and visual, to learn to tutor or teach writing, and to acquire competence in critical analysis and effective communication.
The English program at MSU Denver offers you opportunities to stretch intellectually, creatively and professionally through internships, student teaching, the Sigma Tau Delta Honors Society and the following:
An MSU Denver Minor in Linguistics can be your springboard to careers ranging from writing and teaching to law and public service. Here are a few career paths to consider:
Assistant Professor Chereka Dickerson teaches African American literature and Black women writers. She is in the process of completing her Ph.D. dissertation in U.S. minority and women’s literature.
Professor Cynthia Kuhn is the author of the Lila Maclean Mystery Series. Her debut novel, The Semester of Our Discontent, received the 2017 Agatha Award for best first mystery.
Professor Jason Miller is a fiction writer, screenwriter and Pushcart-Prize nominee whose work has been published in the Starry Night Literary Review, Literary Potpourri, Ink Pot #2, Burning Word and Outsider Ink among others.
I’ve had wonderful professors who’ve inspired me to continue my education and get the best out of my education.
Janet Hernandez (MSU Denver '17)
Fulbright Scholar
MSU Denver English program alumni have been hired by the following organizations:
MSU Denver English alumni have been accepted for post-graduate study at numerous schools, including:
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Department of English
Campus Box 32
P.O. Box 173362
Denver CO 80217-3362
Mailing Address:
Department of English
Campus Box 32
P.O. Box 173362
Denver CO 80217-3362
Phone: 303-615-1800
Email: [email protected]
Campus Location:
King Center 4th Floor
(directly to the right of the elevator)
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