As a rhetoric and writing studies major or minor, you’ll design a program of study that fits your interests and needs. After completing Introduction to Professional Writing, you’ll fulfill your degree ...

We study design in all its manifestations, with a focus on its implications. Do you care about design and its impact on the individual, society, and the environment? Are you interested in honing your ...

Molly Butcher, SVA MA Design Research class of 2015, researched the marketing of Martian and extraterrestrial settlements. Toroidal Colony, Cutaway view, exposing the interior. Art work: Rick Guidice.

Rhetoric and writing studies students find employment in a variety of fields, including web authoring, copywriting, speech writing, technical writing, grant writing, science writing, journalism, ...

We are accepting Fall 2026 applications for our Ph.D. programs. We plan to resume M.A. and MFA admissions in Fall 2027. Small, intensive and supportive, merging a playful approach to contemporary ...

Professional economists research, collect data, analyze, apply models—and, of course, they write. That’s true across the social sciences. Social studies without writing would be like math without ...

The Major Writing Requirement is a writing assignment done as an extra part of a course. The assignment is designed so you can practice your writing and get instructor feedback. This will help shape ...

Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, writing allows you to, at once, name your pain and create distance from it.

Awards are given to students whose work embodies the ideals and standards of excellence, creative endeavor, and scholarship championed by the Rochester Institute of Technology. Selections and awards ...

This rigorous one-year program equips students with tools for researching, chronicling, and interpreting all aspects of design. Each student is asked to identify an individual research territory to ...