Graduate Studies in Composition:
Literacy, Pedagogy, and Rhetoric
Students in Pitt’s graduate program pursue composition and the affiliated fields of literacy, pedagogy, and rhetoric following two paths, doctoral studies in the field and the composition certificate. Doctoral students in the field do a “teaching and research field” in the area, design their project toward questions related to it, and write dissertations that contribute to composition studies and its affiliated disciplines. Students with other doctoral concentrations, MA students, and MFA students who wish to be qualified in composition may seek the composition certificate. Students on either path take graduate seminars from Pitt’s distinguished faculty in composition.
