Jeffrey Walker, Chair
PAR 3, Mailcode B5500, Austin, TX 78712 • 512-471-6109
Degree Plan
Degree plan effective for students entering UT in Fall 2012 or later:
Major: Twenty-sven semester hours of coursework in rhetoric and writing, including at least eighteen hours of upper-division work consisting of
- Rhetoric and Writing 306, Rhetoric & Writing.
- Rhetoric and Writing 321, Principles of Rhetoric
- Each of the following courses (any topic):
a. Rhetoric and Writing 330C, Advanced Studies in Digital Rhetoric.
b. Rhetoric and Writing 330D, History of Rhetoric.
c. Rhetoric and Writing 330E, Rhetorical Theory and Analysis. - Three hours chosen from Rhetoric and Writing 310, 325M, 328 (any topic), 368C, and 368E.
- Nine additional semester hours in rhetoric and writing, including six hours of upper-division coursework.
Degree plan effective for students who entered UT before Fall 2012:
- 3 hours specified Rhetoric & Writing: RHE 306 Rhetoric & Writing
- 3 hours specified upper-division Rhetoric & Writing: RHE 321 Principles of Rhetoric
- 9 hours specified upper-division RHE (3 hours in each): RHE 330C Advanced Studies in Digital Rhetoric, RHE 330D History of Rhetoric, RHE 330E Rhetorical Theory & Analysis
- 12 additional elective hours (including 6 upper-division) in Rhetoric and Writing



