As a graduate of the 15-credit Professional Writing Certificate, you will be able to rhetorically assess communication situations, design visually compelling documents, and clarify technical concepts for a wide range of technical and non-technical audiences.
Certificate Outcomes
- Understand and implement basic professional writing concepts
- Understand and apply editing strategies, rhetorical theory, usability research, and visual rhetoric to create professional deliverables
- Develop strategies for effectively responding to communication situations in professional contexts to complete a significant, collaborative client-based project
Career-Defining Curriculum
The Professional Writing Certificate offers a career-focused educational experience that prepares you to solve communication problems in the real world. With a focus on generating polished, user-centered deliverables, this certificate will enable you to help address an area of critical importance in business, nonprofit, governmental and community workplaces – clearly communicating information.
Certificate Requirements
Apply Your Certificate to an Undergraduate Degree
Students in the B.S. Professional Communication & Emerging Media will be eligible to complete the certificate through their courses. All courses are currently being offered as part of that degree.