We welcome your application to our doctoral program in Rhetoric and Composition. You will be considered for admission after completion of a BA in English or an MA in English with a focus in rhetoric and composition, rhetoric and writing studies, or professional writing and rhetoric. You may also be considered if you have a BA/MA/MFA in a related field, such as literature, English education, creative writing, communications, or linguistics. If you enter the program with a BA, you will first enroll in the Master's program in Rhetoric and Writing Studies offered by the English department. Upon finishing the MA degree, you will complete the additional coursework required in the Ph.D. program.

Official transcripts of all prior undergraduate and graduate academic work (directly from the institutions).

Minimum score of 550 on the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) exam
Minimum score of 79 on TOEFL internet-based test (TOEFL ibT)
Minimum score of 6.5 on the IELTS (International English Language Testing System)