Distinguish yourself as an excellent writer in your field. Learn how to apply the research and analytical skills of a liberal arts education to community and workplace settings.
Expand your writer’s toolbox by learning how to compose grants and proposals, political speeches, podcasts, infographics, and fundraising letters. Build your professional networks and gain résumé-building experience through class projects and internships that connect you to the community beyond campus.
Discover the timeless, essential concepts behind effective writing that will not only help you be a successful writer today, but also set you up to be an even better writer ten years from now.
Not sure yet if the minor is right for you? Enroll in any of the individual classes that interest you—no declaration of minor needed.
Community Involvement Examples
Students collaborate with a community partner as they prepare to write a grant proposal.
Students learning about visual rhetoric and analyzing how history is represented in the monuments and memorials at a local park.
Infographics that student groups developed for community partners.
Students will complete the following requirements in order to achieve a minor in Rhetoric and Public Writing.
Loras takes great pride in supporting your investment – both through providing an exceptional learning experience and in sharing the cost of your degree. 100% of Loras students receive financial aid. We have scholarships, grants and special awards for all students based on their achievements and financial need.