Creative Writing Certificate

Creative Writing Certificate is a program taught at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, USA. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

The Creative Writing Certificate at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania is open to all students, including non-degree seeking students. The certificate requires 12 credits and focuses on creative writing and technical writing across genres such as poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Students learn to use language for personal creative vision and for professional needs.

Coursework includes extensive workshop activities where student poems, stories, novel chapters, and other writing are discussed and critiqued. Students also gain skills through feedback and by reading and synthesizing information from a variety of sources. In the classroom, they work with published authors, and outside the classroom they attend readings, participate in poetry slams, submit to contests and conferences, and can publish in The Reflector or join its editorial board.

Completion of the certificate can support writing-related work in areas such as arts and education, business, communication and journalism, criminal justice, humanities, and sciences. The program lists job titles including web content creator, copywriter, publishing assistant, advertising copywriter, grant writer, technical writer, corporate communications author, public relations specialist, social media manager, marketing coordinator, speech writer, and proposal manager.

Modules

• ENGL 224 - Introduction to Creative Writing
• ENGL 307 - Poetry Writing
• ENGL 308 - Fiction Writing
• ENGL 335 - Creative Nonfiction Writing
• ENGL 341 - Teaching Writing in the Secondary Schools
• ENGL 427 - Advanced Poetry Workshop
• ENGL 428 - Advanced Fiction Workshop
• ENGL 435 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction

The minimum requirements for admission in Creative Writing Certificate at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania as pre-requiste for admission in Creative Writing Certificate.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

High School Diploma or GED Required

Please check detail of study units at http://www.ship.edu/programs/creative-writing-certificate/

• Web content creator
• Copywriter
• Publishing assistant
• Advertising copywriter
• Grant writer
• Technical writer
• Corporate communications author
• Public relations specialist
• Social media manager
• Marketing coordinator
• Speech writer
• Proposal manager

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.