Online Graduate Certificate in Technical and Professional Writing

Work in a Variety of Industries. Increase Your Marketability.

Combine your practical and creative skills in a field that emphasizes simplifying the complex. Whether you decide to pursue a career in PR, technical writing, corporate communications or online content, you can become an effective communicator of intricate information.

Study rhetoric, digital communication and community engagement. And do it all with practical application in mind. From grant proposals and manuals to copyediting and social networking, you’ll enhance your writing skills—and your marketability.

Nearly every industry needs professional writers. You’ll learn to write for audiences such as technicians, corporate executives and military personnel, as well as translating technical information to a non-technical audience. You’ll also practice evaluating electronic research and working with new media to share information in a compelling, easy-to-understand way.

This is a 12-credit program that includes only four courses—Technical Writing, Grant Writing, Professional Writing and a Professional Writing Seminar in Editing. Move your career forward.