Undergraduate Advisement

You should make a point of getting advice from one or even several of the rhetcomp faculty. We are easy to find and easy to talk to. If you don't know who your advisor is, call the English Department at 404-413-5800 and ask to speak with one of the Rhetoric and Composition or Technical and Prfoessional Writing faculty, or email Heather Russel at enghkr@langate.gsu.edu

There's no substitute for talking face to face, but some basic ideas can be conveyed here. The courses you choose should tend in a particular direction based on your career objectives. Your opportunities are not limited to those listed below, but they are a place to start thinking about what to take.

If think you want to be a technical writer:

3050 -- intro to rhetoric

3105 -- practical grammar

3090 -- expository writing

3110 -- technical writing

3115 -- document design

3120 -- electronic writing & publishing

3130 -- busines writing

3135 -- visual rhetoric

3140 -- editing

4510 -- grant and proposal writing

4320 -- senior seminar

If you think you want to write for a non-profit organization:

3050 -- intro to rhetoric

3105 -- practical grammar

3080 -- argumentative writing

3115 -- document design

3120 -- electronic writing & publishing

3130 -- busines writing

3135 -- visual rhetoric

3140 -- editing

4510 -- grant and proposal writing

4320 -- senior seminar

If you think you want to be a teacher:

3050 -- intro to rhetoric

3105 -- practical grammar

3080 -- argumentative writing

3090 -- expository writing

3100 -- twentieth-century composition theory and practice

3120 -- electronic writing & publishing

3135 -- visual rhetoric

3140 -- editing

3210 -- advanced grammar and syntax

4320 -- senior seminar