The interdisciplinary WSCR minor combines courses taught by professors in English, Philosophy, and the Clark Honors College. Students develop their writing and speaking skills to become more culturally responsive communicators in both their careers and their civic lives.
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The University of Oregon course catalog offers degree plans and a complete list of courses in the Writing, Public Speaking, and Creative Reasoning Program.
Featured Courses
WR 123 College Composition III
Fall 2024
“Who was this space not designed for?” “What does accessibility look like in digital genres?” “What actions can we take as community members to support accessibility and radical inclusion?” Through questions like this, students in this section of WR 123 will examine and take up local issues through a lens of disability justice. Students will hone their writing and research skills through projects like a research essay on disability issues in the community, a multimodal access report, and a public-facing report or presentation. Students pursuing majors in social sciences, education, architecture, design, or similar humanities programs who want to understand how disability applies to your field and to prepare for the writing they will do in their upper-division classes, participate in undergraduate research, prepare for graduate school or a future career in social science or science sectors will benefit from the work we do in this class. Fulfills one writing elective.
ENG 200 Public Speaking As A Liberal Art
Winter 2025
Students practice developing an presenting public speeches in a supportive environment and receive feedback from the instructor and peers. A great introduction to the WSCR Minor! Counts for the Public Speaking/Rhetoric Requirement.
WR 423 Advanced Composition
Spring 2025
Students will develop the knowledge and tools to craft unique research projects appropriate for presentation at the Undergraduate Research Symposium or other forums or publication in undergraduate research journals. To support their projects, students will get individualized feedback on their research process and writing. WSCR minors considering graduate school in any field, careers in law or education, or any student interested in publication in undergraduate research journals should strongly consider enrolling. Counts for writing automatically or can count toward critical reasoning or public speaking/rhetoric with director approval.