Minor in Rhetoric and Public
Advocacy
The undergraduate minor in Rhetoric and Public Advocacy is an
interdisciplinary program supported by the Writing Program
(A&S), Communication and Rhetorical Studies (VPA), and the
Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and
Collaboration (MAX).
The 18-credit minor explores the connections between advocacy,
as a pragmatic practice for social change, and rhetoric, as a
historical tradition of public argument, within national and
local contexts. Students understand advocacy as a practice that
includes public argument and reasoning in multiple contexts as
well as how each context demands its own set of unique actions.
In this way, the minor offers intellectual and practical tools.
The minor is designed to be of interest to those wishing to
learn about the emergence of key public issues, the larger
political, social, and economic framework out which they emerge
and how different constituencies respond. Students learn to
assess competing interests within a public issue as well as how
to plan local, regional, and national advocacy campaigns. By the
completion of the minor, students come to understand advocacy as
a necessary part of citizenship.
Requirements for Enrollment:
The minor is open to all undergraduate Syracuse
University students with a minimum GPA of 3.0.
Required
Courses (6 credits):
Two of the following Choices: CRS 255: Public
Advocacy, WRT 301: Civic Writing, or PAF 101: Intro to the
Analysis of Public Policy.
Minor Tracks
(9 credits):
Students must take at least one course in 3 of the categories.
Twelve credits must be in advanced 300- to 400- level
coursework.
Rhetorical/Linguistic Frameworks
for Advocacy
ANT 472: Language, Culture, and Society
ANT 372: Intercultural Communications and Conflict
ANT 475: Culture and Disputing
ANT 483: Social Movements
CRS 334: Argumentation
CRS 336: Communication and Organizational Diversity
CRS 355: Political Communication
LIN 571: Topics in Sociolinguistics
WRT 440: Issues in Language and Politics
LIN 471: Dimensions of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism
National Historical Frameworks for Advocacy
CRS 553: America Public Address
EST 361: History of the American Environmental Movement
HST 329: Making of Modern India
HST 334: Social and Cultural History of the United States
HST 345: Workers, Organized Labor in the United States
HST 387: Women, Abolition, and Religion in 19th Century
LIN 481: Global Communication through World Englishes
MAX 123: Critical Issues of the United States
MAX 132: Global Community
PSC 354: Human Rights/Global Affairs
PSC 306: African American Politics
PSC 328: American Social Movements
PSC 356: Political Conflict
WSP 428: Trans-gendered Identity
WSP 447: Sexualities and Gender in World Teen Culture
Local Frameworks for Advocacy
ANT 484: Social Movements and Resolution Skills
CMN 393: Environmental Discourse
CRS 535: Communication and the Community
GEO 372: Political Geography
Advocacy Practicum 3-credits
During a supervised practicum students engage in an extended
project with an advocacy campaign/project currently underway,
producing materials for the campaign as well as producing a
rhetorical/historical/critical analysis of the campaign.
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