Minor Requirements
The Interdisciplinary Writing minor is a five-course program consisting of one required 200-level core class (WRD 295) and four electives, described as follows.
Note: No more than three courses from one department can be counted towards the minor.
COURSEWORK
Required Course
| WRD 295 | Argument and Rhetoric Across the Disciplines | 4 units |
Electives
The below courses are offered regularly in the Interdisciplinary minor, though some may not be offered every year. Check Course Counts for the available courses each semester.
| ARTS 301 | Writing Art and Writing as Art | 4 units |
| CTSJ 215/WRD 215 | Language and Power | 4 units |
| ENGL 280 | Creative Writing: Introduction to Fiction Writing | 4 units |
| ENGL 281 | Creative Writing: Poetry | 4 units |
| ENGL 290 | Introduction to Literary Methods | 4 units |
| ENGL 380 | Creative Writing: Advance Fiction Writing | 4 units |
| ENGL 382 | Advanced Creative Writing | 4 units |
| FREN 350 | Theory and Practice of Translation (Thème et Version) | 4 units |
| MAC 220 | Narrative Practices | 4 units |
| MAC 320 | Advanced Narrative Practices | 4 units |
| THEA 201 | Alternative Voices in American Theater | 4 units |
| THEA 204 | Comedy and Social Change | 4 units |
| THEA 380 | Playwriting | 4 units |
| WRD 235 | Visual Rhetoric: Communication through Pictures and/or Words | 4 units |
| WRD 250 | Topics in Writing with the Community: Writing and the Los Angeles Experience | 4 units |
| WRD 265/AMST 265 | Feminist Rhetorics and Social Change | 4 units |
| WRD 275 | Popular Science Writing | 4 units |
| WRD 285 | Principles of Journalism I: Covering News Across Media | 4 units |
| WRD 286 | Principles of Journalism II: Narrative Nonfiction: True Stories Told Well | 4 units |
| WRD 287 | Rhetorical Fault Lines: Journalism, Persuasion, Propaganda | 4 units |
| WRD 301 | Creative Nonfiction | 4 units |
| WRD 395 | Theory and Pedagogy of Writing | 2 units |
Students may also apply MAC 250 as an elective for the Interdisciplinary Writing minor if they have enrolled in the "The Video Essay" section of the course.
Students may also apply CTSJ 395 as an elective for the Interdisciplinary Writing minor if they have enrolled in the "Writing Trauma" section of the course.