PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing offers professionals opportunities to develop and improve communication skills vital to advancing in the workplace.
The Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing offers professionals opportunities to develop and improve communication skills vital to advancing in the workplace. Since the program is designed for busy professionals, all courses are offered via the web, and the program can be completed in as few as three consecutive semesters.
CURRICULUM
This flexible five-course sequence of graduate study includes three required core courses and allows students to choose two electives from the list below.
| Total Credit Hours Required: |
| 15
Credit Hours Minimum beyond the Bachelor's Degree |
Required Courses—9 Credit Hours
- ENC 5337 Modern Rhetorical Theory (3 credit hours)
- ENC 5237 Writing for the Business Professional (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6217 Technical Editing (3 credit hours)
Elective Courses—6 Credit Hours
Choose two courses from the following list.
- ENC 5225 Theory and Practice of Document Usability (3 credit hours)
- ENC 5245 Teaching Professional Writing (3 credit hours)
- ENC 5276 Writing/Consulting: Theory and Practice (3 credit hours)
- ENC 5291 Developing Professional Writing Projects (3 credit hours)
- ENC 5705 Theory and Practice in Composition (3 credit hours)
- ENC 5930 Current Topics in Professional Writing (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6244 Teaching Technical Writing (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6247 Proposal Writing (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6257 Graphics in Technical Writing (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6261 Technical Writing, Theory and Practice (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6292 Project Management for Technical Writers (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6296 Computer Documentation (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6297 Production and Publication Methods (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6306 Persuasive Writing (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6332 Gendered Rhetoric (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6333 Contemporary Rhetoric and Composition Theory (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6335 Rhetorical Tradition (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6338 The Rhetorics of Public Debate (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6339 Rhetorical Movements (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6425 Hypertext Theory and Design (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6428 Rhetoric of Digital Literacy (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6429 Teaching Writing with Computers (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6702 Issues in Writing Assessment (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6945 Community Literacy Practicum (3 credit hours)
- ENC 6712 Studies in Literacy and Writing (3 credit hours)
ENG 5009 Methods of Bibliography and Research (3 credit hours)
LIN 5137 Linguistics (3 credit hours)
LIN 5675 English Grammar and Usage (3 credit hours)
LIN 6932 Problems in Linguistics (3 credit hours)
Application Requirements
Admission is open to those with a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution. An application to the graduate certificate program and official transcripts must be submitted. Applicants must apply online. All requested materials must be submitted by the established deadline(s).
Successful applicants will have received a grade of "A" or "B" in an upper-division writing intensive course. An application to the graduate certifcate program, official transcripts, and a statement of academic intent must be submitted. Meeting minimum UCF admission criteria does not guarantee program admission. Final admission is based on evaluation of the applicant's abilities, past performance and the applicant's potential for completing the certificate.
Application Deadlines
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