Professional Writing, Certificate

Location(s): Online, California-Blended, Clarion-Blended, Edinboro-Blended

The certificate in Professional Writing helps learners build a broad and deep skill set necessary for effective writing in a variety of contexts, and it teaches them how to design and tailor their writing to meet the needs of their intended readers. The certificate’s flexible, practical curriculum will help writers stand out amongst peers in their disciplines and in the workforce as it provides them with essential skills and opportunities in increasingly competitive arenas where thoughtful, articulate writing is in-demand.

Student Learning Outcomes

Critically read, analyze, and critique “mentor” texts in various genres and fields in order to understand what makes them rhetorically successful.
Make appropriate choices regarding style, structure, and mechanics in order to produce compelling, rhetorically successful prose in a variety of genre(s) that responds appropriately to audience, purpose, and context. 
Prepare for future personal and professional writing contexts by producing revised, polished documents that can be used in a portfolio.

Admission Requirements

Successful completion of ENGL 1200 or equivalent OR permission of department chair.

Curriculum Requirements

Required Courses

Choose two courses from:
ENGL 2200 - Reading and Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2205 - Writing in the Genres Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2210 - Writing in the Health and Human Services Professions Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2220 - Writing for the Community Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2230 - Writing and the Natural Sciences Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2240 - Writing and the Social Sciences Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2250 - Visual Rhetoric, Writing, and Design Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2260 - Writing Argument and Persuasion Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2270 - Digital Storytelling Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2280 - Writing for Business Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2610 - Traditional Grammar Credit Hours: 3
Choose two courses from:
ENGL 3200 - Advanced Topics in Writing Studies Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3210 - Studies in Professional Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3220 - Grant and Proposal Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3230 - Technical Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3240 - Workplace Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3250 - Research Writing Credit Hours: 3

Professional Writing, Certificate

Location(s): Online, California-Blended, Clarion-Blended, Edinboro-Blended

Student Learning Outcomes

Admission Requirements

Curriculum Requirements

Required Courses

Total Credits: 12