Overview
The specific goals of the masters degree are to help students:
- Define what effective communication means in writing, rhetoric and technical communication environments.
- Enhance their understanding of how and why communication works.
- Learn how to identify and eliminate barriers to effective communication.
- Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their communication management.
- Develop research skills.
To achieve these goals, the programs at James Madison University combine work in theory, writing, text design, and analysis of communication systems and contexts to help students to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to begin careers in writing, rhetoric and technical communication. The programs emphasize scholarly, humanistic and social scientific perspectives on the function and application of writing, rhetoric and technical communication.
Consequently, the programs provide students with not only the knowledge and skills required for careers in industry, business or government but also the research skills and communication theory that will prepare them for doctoral study in communication and rhetoric. The long-range goal of the degree, then, is to enable program graduates to grow as professionals and, ultimately, to contribute to the developing field of writing, rhetoric and technical communication.
Students work with school advisers to design a program that fits their unique educational needs and career aspirations. Depending on their backgrounds and options they might choose to pursue while in the Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication degree program, students may decide to take additional courses to obtain knowledge or skills in specialized areas. For example, students may choose to take extra course work to enhance their skills in communication technologies or to deepen their academic training in the writing, rhetoric and technical communication content areas in which they intend to work as professional writers or editors.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Organizational Communication
- Special Topics in Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication
- Ethics in Communication
- Intercultural Literacies
- Publication Management
- Teaching Writing
- Public Work of Rhetoric
- Genre in Action
- Legal Writing
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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International Students: Apply several months prior to the application deadline for your program, ideally 6-12 months in advance.
Language
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Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Language Studies Creative Writing Liberal Arts View 541 other Masters in Liberal Arts in United StatesWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
English requirements
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Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Submit a resume
- Submit a research statement that explains how the graduate program relates to the applicant's prior experience, how specific faculty research agendas speak to the applicant's own interests and how the program fits into the applicant's long-term professional goals.
- 20-30 pages (or equivalent) of academic and/or professional work samples (essays, reports, proposals, websites, visual campaigns, etc.) comprised of one or more documents.
- At least three letters of recommendation from people who are qualified based on direct experience with the student to comment on the applicant's academic preparation and professional experience.
Tuition Fee
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International
42603 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1291 USD per credit during 12 months. -
National
42603 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1291 USD per credit during 12 months. -
In-State
18513 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 561 USD per credit during 12 months.
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Funding
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Scholarships Information
Below you will find Master's scholarship opportunities for Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication.
Available Scholarships
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