Content Area Expertise for Upper-Division WRS Course Instructors
This document assumes all faculty members hired and retained to teach WRS courses
evidence general competence in the teaching of writing. Upper-division course numbers
also signal specialized disciplinary and/or professional content that requires specific
area expertise to teach effectively.
The baseline requirement for teaching any 3000- or 4000-level course in Writing and
Rhetoric Studies is an advanced degree in writing studies, rhetoric and composition,
or a closely related field. This document outlines additional criteria for demonstrating
qualifying expertise to teach specific upper-division courses.
