Minor Advisor: Dr. Linda Reinfeld, lmrgla@rit.edu, 475-4622 Bldg. 6-A106

This minor provides theoretical and historical background and models to assist students as they develop their own creative writing abilities.

Prerequisite: 0502-227 Writing Seminar (or equivalent)

Requirements: Five courses are required for the minor in Creative Writing.

Choose three courses from the following group:

1) 0502-451 Creative Writing: Poetry

2) 0502-452 Creative Writing: Prose Fiction

3) 0502-453 Advanced Creative Writing*

4) 0502-459 Creative Nonfiction

5) 0502-461 Editing the Literary Magazine

Choose two courses from the following group:

1) 0504-441 Art of Poetry

2) 0504-442 The Short Story

3) 0504-443 The Novel

4) 0504-460 Modern Poetry

*Please note that students in the minor may take the Advanced Creative Writing course twice. Advanced Creative Writing allows students "to develop their expressive writing abilities by creating a coherent work or group of works on a subject or theme and in a form of the student's choice." The method of the course consists of workshops and conferences with the instructor. A student in the Creative Writing Minor has the option to take one of the Creative Writing courses and then take Advanced Creative Writing twice in order to complete an extended writing project.

Minor Advisor: Elena Sommers  ersgla@rit.edu Building 6 Room 1317  Telephone 475-4417

The Department of English offers both traditional and contemporary approaches to the study of literary and non-literary texts, including but not limited to imaginative fiction, non-fiction, poetry, visual culture and new media. The Literary and Cultural Studies minor allows students to pursue a course of study that has been specifically tailored to individual student interests and needs. Those who select this minor will work closely with a faculty advisor to design a five course sequence based on their interests in particular authors, themes, histories, genres, geographies, media and/or interpretive and analytical methodologies. The advanced practices of critical analysis, synthesis and contextualization characteristic of our courses challenge students to develop coherent frameworks for interpretation and evaluation. For instance, a student interested in configuring a Literary and Cultural Studies minor in such areas as myth and visual arts, international studies or multicultural America could work closely with an advisor to shape his/her program.

All of our courses are writing intensive and offer opportunities for sustained writing and communication practice.

Prerequisite: 0502-227 Writing Seminar (or equivalent)

Requirements: The Literary and Cultural Studies minor consists of five courses.

One course selected from the following:

Students must work closely with a faculty advisor in selecting four other courses for the minor from the following list: 

Minor Advisor: Lisa Hermsen lmhgsl@rit.edu, 475-4553, Building 6 - 1317

The Science Writing Minor gives students a basic grounding in the practice and theory of writing about science for a popular audience. In the three required courses, students gain practice in writing about science for lay readers as well as for scientists interested in the wider social ramifications of science, and they examine the rhetorical elements of a wide range of science writings. They can then choose from a group of courses that deal with the history, ethics, cultural debates, and literary representation of science and technology. The Minor serves as a professionally marketable complement to a number of degree programs in the College of Science, the College of Engineering, CAST, as well as Professional and Technical Communication, and other programs across the Institute.

Prerequisite: 0502-227 Writing Seminar or equivalent

Requirements:

Choose three courses from the following list:

0502-460 Science Writing

0502-456 Rhetoric of Science

0502-462 Advanced Science Writing Electives

Choose two courses from the following list:

0502-459 Creative Nonfiction

0504-448 Biographical Literature: Lives of Scientists

0504-462 Literature and Technology

0502-449 Worlds of Writing

0522-405 Women and Science

0504-482 Science Fiction

Minor Advisor: Jill Swiencicki, 475-6571 jmsgla1@rit.edu Bldg. 6-1309

The Writing Studies minor is a useful complement to any RIT major and offers students the following: the opportunity to develop and practice writing skills in a variety of contexts, over several quarters; the competencies needed to be effective, confident, and versatile when facing writing challenges in the workplace; an understanding of the theoretical and historical foundations underlying written communication and linguistics. The Writing Studies minor is designed to accommodate students with a wide variety of writing interests, disciplinary majors, and professional goals.

Prerequisite: 0502-227 Writing Seminar or equivalent

Requirements: Students taking a minor in Writing Studies will complete 5 upper-level courses. Two are a choice of required courses and three are electives.

Choose one course from the following:

0502-443 Written Argument

0502-456 Rhetoric of Science

Choose one course from the following:

0502-445 The Evolving English Language

0502-457 Language, Dialects and Identity

Students are encouraged to customize the minor by consulting with an advisor from the Department of Language and Literature to select three additional courses appropriate for students' individual interests and goals. (Students must take five different courses; i.e. they may not count as a single course taken as both a required course and an elective.)

0502-443 Written Argument

0502-444 Technical Writing

0502-445 The Evolving English Language

0502-449 Worlds of Writing

0502-455 Writing the Self and Others

0502-456 Rhetoric of Science

0502-457 Language, Dialects and Identity

0502-459 Creative Nonfiction

0502-460 Science Writing

0502-560 Special Topics: Writing