Professional and Technical Writing Graduate Certificate

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Banner Code: LA-CERG-PTW
Web: writingandrhetoric.gmu.edu

College: College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department: English

The graduate certificate in professional and technical writing provides students with course work in nonfiction writing in specific genres, current writing practices and theories of writing in organizational settings, research methods in professional writing, and nonfiction literature.

The certificate may be pursued concurrently with any of several programs in English and elsewhere. Part of the course work toward the certificate may be applied to those degrees with the approval of the director of the degree program.

For policies governing all certificates, see the Academic Policies section of the catalog.

The graduate certificate in professional and technical writing may only be pursued on a part-time basis.

Application Requirements

Applicants to all graduate programs at George Mason University must meet the admission standards and application requirements for graduate study as specified in the Admission section of this catalog. For information specific to the graduate certificate in professional writing and rhetoric, see Application Requirements and Deadlines on the departmental web site.

Certificate Requirements

Students pursuing this certificate must complete 18 credits of English graduate courses with a minimum grade of 3.00 in each course.

Four required courses (12 credits)

ENGH 501 should be taken in the first semester of study, if possible.

ENGH 501 - Introduction to Professional Writing and Rhetoric Credits: 3
ENGH 502 - Research Methods in Rhetoric and Professional Writing Credits: 3
ENGH 503 - Theory and Practice of Editing Credits: 3
ENGH 505 - Document Design Credits: 3

Emphasis in technical writing or proposal writing (6 credits)

Students choose an emphasis in either technical or proposal writing.

Technical writing emphasis

ENGH 613 - Technical Communication Credits: 3
One elective ENGH course (3 credits) chosen in consultation with an advisor

Proposal writing emphasis

ENGH 509 - Proposal Writing and Development Credits: 3
ENGH 689 - Advanced Proposal Writing Credits: 3

Total: 18 credits

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