2000-2016 Requirements for a Minor in Rhetoric

Fifteen semester hours of coursework are required.

• Six semester hours from the course list in Rhetorical Theory and Analysis of Discourse
• Six semester hours from the course list in Writing and Speaking Skills
• Three semester hours in electives from either section of the Rhetoric Course List
• At least nine of the fifteen semester hours must at the 300-level or higher (including at least six hours at the University of Maryland, College Park)
• No more than six of the fifteen semester hours may be taken at an institution other than the University of Maryland, College Park
• No more than six of the fifteen semester hours may count toward the student’s major, supporting courses, and college requirements
• No course from the student’s major department may count toward the minor
• No course used to satisfy a Fundamental Studies requirement may count toward the minor
• No course used to satisfy the requirements of another minor may count toward the rhetoric minor.

No course grade below the grade of “C” may count toward the minor