Professional Writing Certificate

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

1. Use critical thinking to analyze the purpose, audience, and context of a specific writing task to complete the task effectively.
2. Apply information literacy skills to research and writing tasks.
3. Analyze problems that would occur in a professional setting, conduct and synthesize research, and create a document that addresses that problem.
4. Write and design documents for different professional purposes.
5. Plan and write collaboratively.
6. Write and edit documents with clarity, conciseness, coherence, and correctness.
7. Write, critique, and edit documents to bring to a professional and/or publishable level.
8. Employ principles of effective visual document design.
9. Apply the basic principles of successful web-based/multi-media communication.
10. Develop an effective writing project for the workplace or community organization that uses skills learned in the program.
11. Develop a strategic job search plan that markets newly acquired skills.
12. Measure and assess course work worthy of being included in a digital portfolio.

The professional writing certificate provides students with essential communication skills that are in demand in business, industry, and government settings. Coursework includes the study of technical writing, communication, editing, and digital media arts.

The program prepares students for careers or advancement in careers as an administrative professional, grant proposal writer, technical writer, technical editor, or any other type of professional writing in careers such as project management, program management, non-profit research, government, and corporate communications. 

Note:  Student must earn a grade of ‘C’ or higher in all courses and capstone coursework to obtain a Professional Writing Certificate.