GRADUATE DEGREES IN WRITING AND RHETORIC
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GRADUATE DEGREES IN WRITING AND RHETORIC MA in English Concentration in Rhetoric and Composition NC State’s Master of Arts in English offers a concentration in Rhetoric and Composition that provides focused study of writing and literacies, the teaching of writing, and the role of persuasive language in academic, professional and civic life. The concentration offers a flexible curriculum, a nationally recognized faculty, and an award-winning GTA program. Our MA degree is situated in a vibrant intellectual community that also includes programs in Technical Communication, Digital Humanities, Sociolinguistics, and an interdisciplinary PhD in Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media. Collaboration among these programs yields a rich mix of faculty and student interests and expertise. MA Rhet/Comp students gain a firm theoretical foundation in both composition and rhetoric and also have opportunities to study such areas of interest as Composition research and pedagogy I Writing and new media Experimental and multimodal composing I Writing across the curriculum Rhetorical history and criticism I Sociolinguistics Professional writing I Scientific and technical communication Writing program administration
MS in Technical Communication The M.S. in Technical Communication is a 33-hour professional program that aims to prepare students for a wide variety of careers that involve the relationships between people and technical systems. Such careers include those in web design and development, software and hardware documentation, industrial training and development, medical communication, environmental and agricultural communication, technology transfer, organizational information management, and human-computer interface design. Ideally situated in North Carolina’s Research Triangle, the program includes coursework in effective communication theory and practice, a capstone project and the equivalent of one semester of work in the field.
Faculty in Writing and Rhetoric Chris Anson I Zachary Beare I Ronisha Browdy I Helen Burgess I Michael Carter I Huiling Ding Casie Fedukovich I Susan Katz I Hans Kellner I Ann Penrose I Stacey Pigg David Rieder I Jason Swarts I Douglas Walls
MA Concentrations PhD in Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media The CRDM program prepares doctoral students to analyze the social, cultural, rhetorical, philosophical, and political dimensions of information technologies, new communication media, and digital texts and to actively engage digital media through research, criticism, production, and practice. Students work with program faculty from the departments of Communication and English and with affiliated faculty across the university to study oral, written, visual, computational, and multimodal forms of communication and rhetoric and digital media; to examine the transformation of communication in the context of converging digital media and communication networks; and to address the theoretical challenges of innovative, interdisciplinary research.
Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities The graduate certificate in Digital Humanities allows degree or non-degree seeking graduate students to design a 12-hour curriculum of interdisciplinary study at the forefront of digital methods in the humanities. Including digitization of cultural heritage materials, studies in media history and technologies, analysis and critique of digital culture, applied programming for analysis and visualization, project management, interface design and user experience, and/or digital pedagogies, the certificate features abundant contexts and skills-training in which to define next-generation teaching and research. Choosing courses across NC State’s colleges and Triangle institutions, students construct their own intellectual cluster in support of their own research pursuits.
PhD in Sociology Sociolinguistics Specialization The Sociolinguistics Specialization is relatively new to the Sociology graduate program, but the discipline has been part of North Carolina State University for over a decade. In fact, the University boasts one of the largest faculties devoted to this subfield of linguistics. The specialization is a joint program between the Sociology Graduate Program in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Linguistics Program in the Department of English. Graduate students in this specialization area take courses in both disciplines and have access to the expertise and guidance of faculty from both programs. The resulting synergy provides a strong interdisciplinary alignment for examining language in its social context.
Graduate Teaching Assistantships Incoming MA and MS students may apply for two-year teaching assistantships. This competitive award includes tuition remission, health insurance and an annual stipend. Teaching assistantships are also available for PhD students. Application Deadlines MA and MS: Feb 1 to apply for fall admission with Teaching Assistantship; June 15 for admission only PhD in CRDM: December 1 to apply for fall admission/assistantship PhD in Sociology Sociolinguistics Specialty: January 1 to apply for fall admission/assistantship
Please visit our website at english.chass.ncsu.edu/graduate/
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GRADUATE DEGREES IN WRITING AND RHETORIC MA in English Concentration in Rhetoric and Composition NC State’s Master of Arts in English offers a concentration in Rhetoric and Composition that provides focused study of writing and literacies, the teaching of writing, and the role of persuasive language in academic, professional and civic life. The concentration offers a flexible curriculum, a nationally recognized faculty, and an award-winning GTA program. Our MA degree is situated in a vibrant intellectual community that also includes programs in Technical Communication, Digital Humanities, Sociolinguistics, and an interdisciplinary PhD in Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media. Collaboration among these programs yields a rich mix of faculty and student interests and expertise. MA Rhet/Comp students gain a firm theoretical foundation in both composition and rhetoric and also have opportunities to study such areas of interest as Composition research and pedagogy I Writing and new media Experimental and multimodal composing I Writing across the curriculum Rhetorical history and criticism I Sociolinguistics Professional writing I Scientific and technical communication Writing program administration
MS in Technical Communication The M.S. in Technical Communication is a 33-hour professional program that aims to prepare students for a wide variety of careers that involve the relationships between people and technical systems. Such careers include those in web design and development, software and hardware documentation, industrial training and development, medical communication, environmental and agricultural communication, technology transfer, organizational information management, and human-computer interface design. Ideally situated in North Carolina’s Research Triangle, the program includes coursework in effective communication theory and practice, a capstone project and the equivalent of one semester of work in the field.
Faculty in Writing and Rhetoric Chris Anson I Zachary Beare I Ronisha Browdy I Helen Burgess I Michael Carter I Huiling Ding Casie Fedukovich I Susan Katz I Hans Kellner I Ann Penrose I Stacey Pigg David Rieder I Jason Swarts I Douglas Walls
MA Concentrations PhD in Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media The CRDM program prepares doctoral students to analyze the social, cultural, rhetorical, philosophical, and political dimensions of information technologies, new communication media, and digital texts and to actively engage digital media through research, criticism, production, and practice. Students work with program faculty from the departments of Communication and English and with affiliated faculty across the university to study oral, written, visual, computational, and multimodal forms of communication and rhetoric and digital media; to examine the transformation of communication in the context of converging digital media and communication networks; and to address the theoretical challenges of innovative, interdisciplinary research.
Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities The graduate certificate in Digital Humanities allows degree or non-degree seeking graduate students to design a 12-hour curriculum of interdisciplinary study at the forefront of digital methods in the humanities. Including digitization of cultural heritage materials, studies in media history and technologies, analysis and critique of digital culture, applied programming for analysis and visualization, project management, interface design and user experience, and/or digital pedagogies, the certificate features abundant contexts and skills-training in which to define next-generation teaching and research. Choosing courses across NC State’s colleges and Triangle institutions, students construct their own intellectual cluster in support of their own research pursuits.
PhD in Sociology Sociolinguistics Specialization The Sociolinguistics Specialization is relatively new to the Sociology graduate program, but the discipline has been part of North Carolina State University for over a decade. In fact, the University boasts one of the largest faculties devoted to this subfield of linguistics. The specialization is a joint program between the Sociology Graduate Program in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Linguistics Program in the Department of English. Graduate students in this specialization area take courses in both disciplines and have access to the expertise and guidance of faculty from both programs. The resulting synergy provides a strong interdisciplinary alignment for examining language in its social context.
Graduate Teaching Assistantships Incoming MA and MS students may apply for two-year teaching assistantships. This competitive award includes tuition remission, health insurance and an annual stipend. Teaching assistantships are also available for PhD students. Application Deadlines MA and MS: Feb 1 to apply for fall admission with Teaching Assistantship; June 15 for admission only PhD in CRDM: December 1 to apply for fall admission/assistantship PhD in Sociology Sociolinguistics Specialty: January 1 to apply for fall admission/assistantship
Please visit our website at english.chass.ncsu.edu/graduate/
