English - Professional Writing and Rhetoric Overview
In USI’s dynamic professional writing and rhetoric (PWR) program, majors learn to compose, design, and convey information clearly in digital and print documents for business, civic, education, government, medical, non-profit, scientific, and technical industries. Coursework sharpens your creative problem solving, critical thinking, and research skills through study and practice of professional, technical and rhetorical writing principles. Expert faculty with industry experience guide you in seminar-sized classes to analyze and engage readers with effective, verbal-visual blended content and to collaborate with community leaders on service learning projects. PWR complements business, communications, health professions, science and other liberal arts courses by helping students understand how people and their technical cultures interconnect. Internship opportunities are available. This program’s capstone culminates with students’ individual, electronic, professional writing portfolios.
