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graduate minor in literacy
& rhetorical studies

admission

Admission to the LRS Minor Program is contingent upon enrollment in good standing in a relevant Doctoral or Masters program within the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota. Prior teaching experience (at any level) is also desirable. Admission depends upon having a coherent plan of study that both takes advantage of the University’s resources and is feasible. Entrance to the Minor program is granted by permission of the Director of Graduate Studies of LRS and the faculty selection committee. Approval of a specific program of study is granted by the Director of Graduate Studies of the Minor and of the student's home department upon filing a formal program of study with the Graduate School.  Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

A Master’s Minor requires three graduate courses or seminars (9 credits minimum), one from each of the following categories: literacy theory or practice, including pedagogy; research methods and practices in one of the areas of the Minor; and a historical topic, e.g., history of the book, or rhetoric, or literacy. Students must also write a substantial paper that emerges from one of the three courses.
Go to Masters planning form

A Doctoral Minor requires a minimum of four graduate courses or seminars (12 credits minimum). Three courses must be in each of the categories enumerated above for the Master’s Minor. In addition, after those three courses have been completed, students must take either a capstone writing seminar specifically offered for the Minor, or a seminar that involves a substantial term paper or a completed dissertation chapter on a topic related to the Minor. In order to make the Minor interdisciplinary, no more than one of the three courses at the master’s level, or two of the four courses at the doctoral level, may be from the student’s home department.
Go to Ph.D. planning form

application materials

  • a statement of purpose that explains the relationship of courses and research to professional goals (Suggested length: 2 pages)
  • a completed application form
  • a curriculum vita
  • relevant post-secondary transcripts
  • two letters of recommendation

Students develop a minor program in consultation with their major adviser, Director of Graduate Studies, and the Director of Graduate Studies of Literacy and Rhetorical Studies.

Please send all application materials to:
LRS Minor DGS c/o Center for Writing
10 Nicholson Hall
216 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

To learn more about the Minor and begin planning your program, please contact our advising team.  

Literacy and Rhetorical Studies Minor
10 Nicholson Hall, 216 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612.626.7579 Fax: 612.626.7580

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