The Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies is the home for writing at the University of Kentucky!

We offer 50% of the Composition and Communication courses in digitally rich environments that move writing and speaking into the 21st century.

We are teaching many interesting courses in writing, rhetoric, and digital media that appeal to students from a variety of majors.; To view our entire course offerings, see our Course Descriptions page.

We are home to the wonderful UK Writing Center. In addition to tutoring UK writers of all levels of ability (including faculty!), the UK Writing Center also offers help with editing in iMovie, document design, visual design, and other forms of multimedia.