The Rhetoric and Technical Communication (RTC) program at Michigan Technological University seeks to recruit the best graduate students from across the U.S. and abroad to join our community of scholars. We pride ourselves on having a top-notch program that is distinctive insofar as it is one of the only Rhetoric and Technical Communication graduate programs in the U.S. that is housed in a Humanities Department.
Today’s challenging communication issues often require analysis from multiple disciplinary perspectives, and the RTC program draws on the diverse talents of a distinguished graduate faculty whose members’ research areas include communication, composition, culture, film, linguistics, literature, modern languages, new media, philosophy, rhetoric, technical communication, and technology. Our faculty work closely with students, encouraging them to think critically about important issues of communication and rhetoric, so they are prepared to adapt to and enhance an ever-changing world and workplace. This gives our program an unparalleled interdisciplinary character, which provides students with the opportunity to explore new and exciting areas of scholarship.