The Department of English offers a certificate program in Professional Writing. This certificate is offered to both degree seeking students as well as non-degree seeking students desiring professional/ personal advancement. Non-degree seeking students will be admitted to the University via established admission guidelines. The certificate is designed to prepare students to work as professional writers in a wide variety of positions, including but not limited to grant writing, publishing, technical writing, and technical editing. The certificate is comprised of 18 hours of coursework.

Requirements for a Professional Writing Certificate

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
EN 339W	Technical and Scientific Writing	3
EN 310W	Advanced Composition	3
EN 355W	Genres in Creative Writing	3
EN 445W	Multimodal Writing	3
Elective Component:
Select six hours from the following three credit-hour courses:		6
EN 434W	Language and Gender
EN 396W	Writing about Film
EN 435W	Writing Protest and Dissent
EN 439	Technical and Scientific Editing
EN 442	Survey of Grammar
EN 455W	Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction and Drama
EN 456W	Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry and Creative Nonfiction
EN 490	English Internship/Practicum
EN 495W	Selected Topics in Writing
Total Hours		18