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Writing Studies, BA Major in

Hofstra University · Hempstead, NY

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Program
Award
Writing Studies, BA Major in
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Total credits (published)
124
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The BA major in Writing Studies focuses on the way writing works to make meaning and to persuade, with emphasis on the following areas of study: Professional Writing, Composition and Rhetoric, and Digital Rhetoric. The Writing Studies major provides instruction in effective composition for both academic and professional settings. Students can engage in primary undergraduate research, internships, and/or writing center experience. To this end, students will create written texts and may craft multimedia productions that incorporate image, sound, and video.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
191649
CourseShelf checklist
CK_191649_8684dbaa
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Program Requirements

3 items
  1. Students must complete all course work in area 1 (WSC 104 : Introduction to Writing Studies) and take at least 3 credit hours from areas 2, 3, and 4.
    Not resolved to a course
  2. No more than 9 semester hours may be earned in Rhetoric (RHET).
    Not resolved to a course
  3. A grade of C- or above is required for the course to count toward the major.
    Not resolved to a course

Area 1: Introduction to the Field

1 item
  1. WSC 104
    Introduction to Writing Studies Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course

Area 2: Professional Writing

12 items
  1. WSC 025
    (AA) Writing and the Law Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  2. WSC 030
    Writing for Work and the World Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  3. WSC 050
    Scientific Writing Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  4. WSC 075
    Writing Analytics Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  5. WSC 080
    User Experience and Usability Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  6. WSC 126
    Health Communication Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  7. WSC 130
    Professional Business Writing Semester Hours: 2-3
    Not resolved to a course
  8. WSC 131
    (IS) Activist Writing, Community Engagement Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  9. WSC 134
    Technical Writing Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  10. WSC 135
    Communities and Literacies Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  11. WSC 199
    Internship in Writing Studies and Composition Semester Hours: 1-6
    Not resolved to a course
  12. RHET 043
    Fundamentals of Organizational Communication Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course

Area 3: Composition and Rhetoric

19 items
  1. WSC 040
    Line by Line Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  2. WSC 100
    Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  3. WSC 101
    Practicum in Writing Center Pedagogy Semester Hours: 4
    Not resolved to a course
  4. WSC 102
    Grammar for Writers Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  5. WSC 103
    (AA) Words and Meanings Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  6. WSC 105
    (AA) The Rhetoric of Hip Hop Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  7. WSC 106
    History of the English Language Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  8. WSC 109
    Examining Narrative Medicine Semester Hours: 3-4
    Not resolved to a course
  9. WSC 110
    The Art of the Essay: Advanced Composition Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  10. WSC 112
    (AA) Turns of Phrase: Classical Tropes Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  11. WSC 113
    (AA) Resistance Writing: Ink and Fire Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  12. WSC 119
    (CC) Strategies of Writing Against Power and Oppression Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  13. WSC 123
    (AA) Writing the Past in the Present: Nostalgia Through Humor and Mourning Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  14. WSC 132
    (AA) Communicating Science in Popular Culture Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  15. WSC 133
    Examining Scientific Writing Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  16. RHET 001
    (CP) Oral Communication Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  17. RHET 005
    (AA) History of Rhetoric Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  18. RHET 059
    Rhetoric and Popular Culture Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  19. RHET 159
    (LT) Rhetoric of Comic Books Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course

Area 4: Digital Rhetoric

7 items
  1. WSC 120
    (AA) Public Writing, Private Lives Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  2. WSC 121
    (AA) The Story of Writing Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  3. WSC 122
    (AA) Digital Research and Writing Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  4. WSC 124
    (CP) Digital Compositions Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  5. WSC 125
    (AA) Memes and Trolls Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  6. RHET 061
    Digital Rhetoric Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
    Not resolved to a course
  7. RHET 160
    Visual Rhetoric Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course

Complete BA Requirements

0 items
    Source. Hofstra University, catalog 2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin — https://bulletin.hofstra.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=147&poid=32486&returnto=28222. Captured page pages/0319.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.