Professional Writing Certificate

The Professional Writing Certificate prepares students for nearly every sector of industry today, including non-profit, business, government, legal, arts, education, and technology. It will also equip students with hands-on experience through engaged learning courses and internships. The Certificate is designed for interdisciplinary to provide you with opportunities to supplement your academic major and minor. 

At the completion of the Certificate, you will:

• Write effectively across multiple genres and media, using a variety of modalities; 

• Communicate across diverse audiences, contexts, and cultures, enabling you to compose effectively on behalf of an organization or cause; 

• Understand concepts central to professional writing such as, but not limited to, rhetoric, genre, ethics, and user-centered design;

• Recognize the different conventions, forms, and genres of writing that are appropriate for different professional settings; 

• Understand writing as a form of creative and critical inquiry central to a variety of professions, industries, and vocations, including professional and technical writing, editing and publishing, mass media, journalism, social work, and nonprofit/advocacy work;

• Exhibit your professional ethos through a digital portfolio of professional writing.