• Ph.D. and M.A. Degrees
• Specialization
• Core Faculty
• Speech Communication Faculty

Composition and Rhetoric at USC is a rapidly growing program offering Ph.D. and M.A. degrees. Its faculty is committed to the serious study of written, oral, and electronic discourse in academic, workplace, and public settings.

The curriculum synthesizes philosophical, historical, and cultural dimensions of rhetoric through a variety of courses in rhetorical theory and composition pedagogy. The program gives students the flexibility to design their own specialization within the broad field of Composition and Rhetoric and provides them a unique opportunity to draw on the strengths of its core faculty and also of rhetoricians within the Speech Communication faculty.

• Graduate Placement
• Current Graduate Students

Our program has strengths in

• History of Rhetoric
• Rhetorical and Cultural Theory
• Composition Pedagogies
• Rhetorical Criticism

For more information about Compositon and Rhetoric degree programs, contact the Graduate Director.