Writing and Rhetoric program requirements
What the Writing and Rhetoric Minor requires, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course it names.
Writing and Rhetoric Minor
- Arts program
- 4.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMIN2137
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(4.0 credits, including 1.0 credit at the 300/400-level.)
12.5 credits in WRR, JWE, or JWB courses
21.5 credits from the following courses not already used to fulfill requirement 1. Courses outside these lists, which include WRR topics and independent study courses, may be included as designated by the Program Director.
Analysis and Argumentation
WRR103H1/ WRR203H1/ WRR204H1/ JWE206H1/ WRR304H1/ WRR308H1/ WRR409H1/ WRR410H1/ ENG100H1/ ENG281H1/ LIN481H1/ PHL275H1/ TRN200Y1
Professional and Public Writing
WRR104H1/ WRR300H1/ WRR302H1/ WRR306H1/ WRR309H1/ WRR310H1/ WRR312H1/ WRR314H1/ WRR316H1/ BMS100H1/ BMS200Y1/ BMS300H1/ BMS331H1/ BMS332H1/ CDN221H1/ INI101H1/ INI106H1/ JWB318H1/ PHL295H1/ REN345H1
Rhetoric, Theory and Narrative
WRR201H1/ WRR211H1/ WRR301H1/ WRR303H1/ WRR305H1/ WRR307H1/ WRR311H1/ WRR311Y1/ WRR313H1/ WRR315H1/ WRR319H1/ WRR413H1/ WRR414H1/ ANT253H1/ ANT329H1/ CRE275H1/ CRE291H1/ CRE280H1/ CRE350Y1/ CRE480H1/ ENG110Y1/ ENG205H1/ ENG213H1/ ENG235H1/ ENG237H1/ ENG239H1/ ENG285H1/ ENG385H1/ ENG289H1/ ENG387H1/ INI102H1/ JAL328H1/ JAL355H1/ LIN200H1/ LIN201H1/ LIN203H1/ LIN204H1/ WGS396H1
Notes:
Note 1No more than a 0.5 credit in transfer credit may be counted towards the program.
Courses these requirements name
- WRR103H1Introduction to Academic Writing
- WRR203H1Advanced Academic Writing last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- WRR204H1The Academic Writing Process last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- JWE206H1Writing English Essays
- WRR304H1The Illusion and Reality of Evidence last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- WRR308H1Selected Topics in Writing and Rhetoric
- WRR409H1Special Topics in Writing and Rhetoric
- WRR410H1Special Topics in Writing and Rhetoric
- ENG100H1Effective Writing
- ENG281H1Writing About Literature
- LIN481H1Introduction to Analysis and Argumentation
- PHL275H1Introduction to Ethics
- TRN200Y1Modes of Reasoning
- WRR104H1Writing Reports
- WRR300H1Strategic Writing in Business and the Professions: Theory and Practice
- WRR302H1Writing in Business and the Professions for Rotman Commerce Students
- WRR306H1Writing About Plants and the Environment
- WRR309H1Writing for Community: Environmental Justice and Toronto’s Green Spaces
- WRR310H1Stylistic Editing and Copy Editing
- WRR312H1Writing Literary Journalism
- WRR314H1Style in Creative, Professional, and Academic Writing
- WRR316H1Developmental and Substantive Editing
- BMS100H1Introduction to Book & Media Studies
- BMS200Y1Book & Media Histories
- BMS300H1Special Topics in Book & Media Theories
- BMS331H1The History of the Book: Elements of Bibliography and Print Culture
- BMS332H1The History of Reading: Readers, Readerships, Reception
- CDN221H1Culture and the Media in Canada
- INI101H1Writing, Advocacy, and Social Media
- INI106H1Storytelling through Literary Journalism
- JWB318H1The Art of Journalism: Literary Approaches to Reporting
- PHL295H1Business Ethics
- REN345H1Media and Communications in the Early Modern Era
- WRR201H1Theories of Rhetoric: A Brief History of Persuasion
- WRR211H1Introduction to Creative Writing
- WRR301H1Contemporary Issues and Written Discourse: Rhetoric and the Print Media last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- WRR303H1Digital Rhetoric
- WRR305H1Word and Image in Modern Writing
- WRR307H1Rhetoric of Health and Medicine
- WRR311H1Seminar in Creative Writing – Fiction
- WRR311Y1Seminar in Creative Writing last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- WRR313H1Visual Rhetoric
- WRR315H1Creative Writing and Territory
- WRR319H1Rhetoric of Race
- WRR413H1Visual Rhetoric of the Aesthetic Movement last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- WRR414H1Writing for Social Change
- ANT253H1Language & Society
- ANT329H1Language & Power Structure
- CRE275H1Creative Writing: Short Fiction
- CRE291H1
- CRE280H1Creative Writing: Poetry
- CRE350Y1Creative Writing
- CRE480H1Poetry: A Master Class
- ENG110Y1Narrative
- ENG205H1Rhetoric last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- ENG213H1The Short Story
- ENG235H1The Graphic Novel
- ENG237H1Science Fiction
- ENG239H1Fantasy and Horror
- ENG285H1The English Language in the World
- ENG385H1History of the English Language
- ENG289H1Introduction to Creative Writing
- ENG387H1Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
- INI102H1Storytelling Through Creative Nonfiction
- JAL328H1Writing Systems
- JAL355H1Language and Gender
- LIN200H1Introduction to Language
- LIN201H1Canadian English
- LIN203H1English Words
- LIN204H1English Grammar
- WGS396H1Writing the Body
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