Writing, Rhetoric and Media, MA

Program Description

The Department of English offers an interdisciplinary Master of Arts degree in Writing, Rhetoric and Media, which combines work in theory and research with a comprehensive emphasis on written, oral and visual rhetoric. It prepares graduate students to be professional and technical communicators in industry and government and to be teachers of writing and rhetoric in two-year colleges. In addition, the program provides the background necessary for students who plan to pursue a PhD in rhetoric or technical communication.

This degree is designed for students with strong writing skills from all academic disciplines. The program accommodates students with undergraduate majors in technical and scientific fields, as well as those with humanities and business degrees.

The Multimedia Authoring Teaching and Research Facility and the Class of 1941 Studio for Student Communication give MAWRM students access to corporate-style presentation and collaboration space as well as the newest computing hardware and software, enabling multimedia and Web design and production, digital video and audio editing, desktop publishing, and graphic design. Clemson’s award-winning undergraduate writing programs and faculty with expertise in the teaching of writing allow MAWRM students to work at the forefront of innovative writing pedagogy. The Campbell Chair in Technical Communication, the Pearce Center for Professional Communication, and the Effective Technical Communication Program in Engineering constitute a network of professors enabling students to work in a variety of academic disciplines. The Usability Testing Facility allows students to conduct state-of-the-art usability research on interface designs, on-line documentation and other publications. MAWRM students wishing to pursue careers in the growing field of health communication also have the option of combining the Master’s degree with the Health Communication Certificate program described below.

Additional information about the MAWRM program is available at https://www.clemson.edu/graduate/academics/program-details.html?m_id=wrm.