The Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry and the Graduate
College offer a Certificate Program in conjunction with a graduate
degree in any field. The Program features studies in the rhetorics
of inquiry, making every effort to enhance students' abilities
to argue in oral, written, and multimedia forms within their own
disciplines and to enhance their understanding of the similarities
and differences among various fields.
The program's objectives are to:
- Help students cultivate habits of interdisciplinary
study and research through reading, writing, and conversation
- Encourage students to cross conceptual and
institutional boundaries that often appear to separate the arts,
humanities, and professions from each other and from the social,
natural, and formal sciences
- Improve students' awareness of the rhetorical
dimensions of argumentation and inquiry
- Certify that students who have completed
the program are prepared to do rhetorical and cross-disciplinary
work after they graduate
Certificate Requirements
In order to earn the Interdisciplinary Graduate
Certificate in Rhetorics of Inquiry, students must complete four
courses from among those offered by POROI, including a course
on the nature of rhetorics of inquiry (160:200).
Masters and Ph.D. candidates in good standing
are eligible to register for the certificate program.
Students should register for the certificate
program by completing the brief registration
form, or by calling POROI at 319-335-2753.
