Our writing and rhetoric program is dedicated to writing degree students who will study literate activity across time and culture, and produce effective writing in contemporary settings-from the personal to the professional.<br><br>Because our lives are increasingly mediated by digital technologies that combine writing, sound and image in interactive spaces, you'll explore what it means to live and work as a digital writer.<br><br>Faculty members who teach in the writing degree program are published specialists in rhetoric, writing studies, English as a second language (ESL), technical and professional writing, and new media studies.<br><br>As you work toward your writing degree, you will have the option to earn a combined bachelor's master's degree that combines your writing and rhetoric major with a graduate program, including our master's program in Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse. We also offer a combined bachelor's master's in Writing and Rhetoric and Secondary Education in English degree. All of these programs allow you to complete a bachelor's degree and a graduate degree in as few as five years.