Professional Writing Graduate Certificate
About the Program
The Professional Writing Graduate Certificate is an online program that can be completed in one calendar year when the courses are taken consecutively. It’s designed to help working professionals and graduate students strengthen their professional, technical, business, and digital writing skills and stay competitive in the workforce.
Courses & Requirements
13 credit hours
To earn the certificate, students must complete:
- ENGL 607: Business Writing and Editing (offered Fall semester; 3 credits)
- ENGL 608: Professional and Technical Writing (offered Spring semester; 3 credits)
- ENGL 609: Writing in Digital Spaces (offered Summer 1; 3 credits)
- ENGL 610: Proposal and Grant Writing (offered Summer 2; 3 credits)
- ENGL 612: Electronic Writing Portfolio (offered Maymester, Augustmester, and Wintermester as needed; 1 credit)
The first 4 courses, ENGL 607, 608, 609, and 610 can be taken in any order. ENGL 612: Electronic Portfolio Writing serves a capstone or culminating learning experience. Therefore, ENGL 612 must be taken as the final course in the sequence.
With an emphasis on problem-solving, the 5 courses provide students with opportunities to apply writing, editing, and design strategies to produce print and digital documents for a wide range of organizational contexts and audiences. Upon completion of the Professional Writing certificate program, students will have online writing portfolio that can be used to support the job search or promotion processes.
Cost & Financial Aid
Non Degree Seeking Students
As a general rule, those who are admitted as a non-degree seeking student are not eligible for financial aid. Federal regulations do require a student to be working towards a degree to be eligible to receive financial aid funds. There are two exceptions to this regulation, if you are enrolled in an initial required teacher certification program for the state in which you will teach, or if you are taking prerequisite coursework required for admission to a degree program at Radford University. If you think you may qualify for financial aid under one of these circumstances, please submit the recommended paperwork to the financial aid office for review.
Student Support
We know the path to higher education can be daunting, which is why we’re here to help.
As a student of the Roanoke Higher Education Center, you will have access to:
- Library collections and services
- Student Success Center
- Career Center
- Computer lab and student lounge
- Cafe serving breakfast and lunch
- Free parking with a student parking pass
Radford University Resources Available To Students Enrolled Via RHEC:
- Radford University Bookstore
- McConnell Library
- Center for Diversity and Inclusion
- Center for Accessibility Services
- Military Resource Center
- Financial Aid Office
- Career Center at Radford University
- Division of Student Affairs
- Division of Information Technology (Radford University 25 station Computer Lab on Site at RHEC)