Certificate in Corporate Written Communication (9 SH)

This professional writing program focuses on courses which will enhance communication skills at the workplace. The Certificate in Corporate Written Communication is comprised of three graduate courses selected from an existing menu of courses already offered as part of the Master of Science in Written Communication Degree. The three-course sequence can serve as a gateway to the Master’s Degree, since graduate students are allowed to take three courses before declaring themselves as part of the Master’s Degree Program. The entrance requirements for the Certificate are the same as the entrance requirements for the Master’s in Written Communications. If they choose to continue beyond the Certificate, students may do so seamlessly, without any additional testing or application requirements.

LAE 500 Advanced Expository Writing (required) 3 semester hours
LAE 450 Fundamentals of Journalism (required) 3 semester hours

The third course is an elective chosen from one of the following 3-semester-hour courses:
LAE 461 Writing Promotional & Advertising Copy
LAE 501 Writing from Reading
LAE 517 Technical Writing
LAE 495 Special Topic: Desktop Publishing
LAE 495 Special Topic: Public Relations: The Writer's Role
LAE 460 Editing & Publishing Small Journals & Newsletters
LAE 515 Feature Writing