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Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing

 

The Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing at the University of Cincinnati requires 20 hours of graduate course work, including two core courses. There is no comprehensive exam or thesis requirement. Courses typically meet one day per week in three-hour blocks.

Core Courses

• Rhetoric OR Professional Writing Theory
• Principles and Practices of Desktop Publishing for Print OR Principles and Practices of Desktop Publishing for Web

Electives

• Writing Manuals and Instructions
• Reports and Proposals
• Science and Medical Writing
• Online Documentation
• Editing Principles and Practices
• Promotional Writing
• New Journalism
• Photojournalism
• Professional Writing Applications
• Professional Writing Topics
• Special Projects