Required upper division courses are:
- ENGL 3200 - Rhetorical History and Historiography
- ENGL 4150 - Literary Criticism
- ENGL 4160 - Advanced Expository Writing
- ENGL 4200 - Studies in Modern Rhetoric
- ENGL 4230 - Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing Studies
- One 3000-level course in literature or creative writing
- Two 4000-level courses in creative writing or literature