Plain Language Graduate Certificate

Admission

Certificate Requirements

The certificate will require 9 credit hours of graduate courses. All courses exist in the MSTC degree and are taught by existing faculty members. The certificate will include the following courses:

Required Courses

Complete:

ENG 5304 - Foundations of Professional and Technical Communication
ENG 6324 - Writing in the Professions Using Plain Language

Electives

Complete 3 semester credit hours from the following:

ENG 5325 - Advanced Medical Writing
ENG 5330 - Visual Design Theory
ENG 5340 - Project Management
ENG 6303 - Public Relations and Media
ENG 6310 - Intercultural and World Communication
ENG 6318 - Stylistics and Editing
ENG 6322 - Instructional Design
ENG 6328 - Hypermedia Theory and Design
ENG 6330 - Usability Research
ENG 6331 - Grant Writing for Nonprofit Management

NOTE:

A directed study course or an upper-division undergraduate course if none of the listed courses are satisfactory or if a desired course is not offered that year.