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Transcript Recognized Minor

The Department of Rhetoric and Writing offers a transcript-recognized undergraduate academic minor (TRM) to be completed in conjunction with an undergraduate degree at UT Austin. The requirements listed below are for students following the 2016-2018 thru 2024-2026 undergraduate catalogs. 

To be eligible for the transcript-recognized minor, students must complete a minimum of 15 hours of coursework, but not more than 18 hours, and none of the specified coursework for the minor can include unnumbered topics. At least 50% of the coursework required for the minor must be completed in residence at UT Austin.

Requirements:

For 2022-2024, 2020-2022, 2018-2020, and 2016-2018 catalogs:

  • RHE 321 - Principles of Rhetoric (3 hrs.)
  • One RHE 330 (C, D, or E) (3 hrs.)
  • One upper-division course:
    • RHE 330 (C, D, or E); 325M; 328; 360M; or 368E (3 hrs.)
  • Two additional courses, either upper-division (see list above) or lower-division (RHE 309J, 309K, 309S, 310, 312, 315, or 317)(6 hrs.)

For 2024-2026 catalogs: 

  • Fifteen semester hours in Rhetoric & Writing, including at least nine hours of upper-division coursework and nine hours in residence. 

The Rhetoric & Writing minor is open to all UT-Austin students upon request.  To add the Rhetoric & Writing minor, go here or click the "Apply" button below.

Questions can be directed to the Parlin Advising Office at gulliver@austin.utexas.edu 

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