19 Professional Writing Preparatory Programs

Learn how to craft accurate, engaging, and impactful pieces of writing for the business context. Professional Communication: Business Writing and Storytelling is an online short course from The Economist designed to help business professionals attract and address broad audiences across various written formats. Based on the newspaper’s editorial practice, this six-week course offers a self-reflective journey through the craft and purpose of writing and storytelling, equipping you with the confidence to communicate with partners and employees. An accessible “tools not rules” approach to grammar unlocks practical skills for constructing cohesive sentences and paragraphs and shows how elements such as word choice, punctuation, and structure can maximize impact and clarity. You’ll also explore ways to source information accurately, learn to strengthen arguments with data visualisations and uncover methods for constructive and collaborative editing.

Intensive exposure to some of the basic writing formats in the communications profession: news releases, letters, features, and profiles. Lead writing, editing, and techniques of interviewing. Extensive writing and rewriting. Develops basic writing skills for different audiences.

Through its courses and tutorials, the Writing Program helps undergraduates acquire writing and communication skills and more general habits of mind essential both to their full participation in the intellectual life of the University and to their future personal, professional, and civic lives.

PhD Summer School focuses on development of key competences required for achieving best results in successful defense of the doctoral dissertation and identifying further research directions. Therefore topics of our PhD Summer Schools include: management of scientific research data, writing of scientific articles, analysis of the subtleties of project management, research integrity and ethics, intellectual property and patent system, communication skills development, etc.

The Writing Studies minor is a home for students who believe that writing can be an integral part of their personal, professional, and academic success. Writing Studies is a research-based, interdisciplinary field that includes the study of digital media, professional and technical writing, academic, civic, and cultural rhetorics, and the theory and practice of writing pedagogy. 

Goucher’s professional writing minor features different disciplines in professional writing, including creative nonfiction and journalism, as well as business, professional, and technical writing. Our courses prepare students to navigate professional workplace situations by developing rhetorical skills to write and compose in different genres. Students learn to recognize and reach the many different audiences they will encounter in professional and public contexts.

The Professional Writing Certificate provides students with practical skills to communicate clearly and effectively across various professional settings. The program focuses on teaching students how t...

With a focus on both professional and creative writing, the two-year Professional Writing Ontario College Diploma program teaches you the skills and flexibility to work as a writer in a variety of fields. You learn writing skills for digital and print media from nationally recognized writers, authors, and communications experts.

Northampton's Journalism, Media & Professional Writing Program provides the foundation for a career in the dynamic, digital world of the news media and professional communications in the 21st century. The major prepares students to transfer into a four-year degree program. The program emphasizes practical skills in reporting and writing for print and the web for students with no experience and provides those with some experience an opportunity to enhance their skills.

Whether you’re looking to improve your professional writing skills or want to delve into the craft of fiction or nonfiction, this 21 credit Writing certificate might be ideal for you.

The Professional Certificate in Introductory Academic Program is designed to help students develop foundational skills for university study. It covers key areas like academic writing, research skills,...

The Rhetoric, Writing, and Public Discourse major at Whitman College will sharpen your communication and critical thinking skills and give you tools for social change. You’ll learn to make persuasive arguments, speak confidently in public and understand power dynamics. These communication skills will enhance your Whitman coursework and open up real-world opportunities, such as internships and careers in activism, politics, communications, social media and more.

At the end of this training, participants will be able to make their writing short, clear and impactful; present their ideas in ways that inspire the reader to action; to adapt their style and vocabulary to the recipients.

Learn how to use English for study at university or college and develop your writing skills, vocabulary and grammar.

This course is designed for science students developing their research skills working on research projects for a principal investigator; specifically, this course will improve the students’ writing ability and introduce them to writing for the scientific community.