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MA Professional Writing

2 Years On Campus Masters Program

Old Dominion University

Program Overview

The Professional Writing MA has a breadth of course offerings that provide students with the foundation for solving communication issues in the workplace. Students take practical classes in Management Writing, Writing in Digital Spaces, and Writing in the Disciplines. Courses in rhetorical theory, such as Classical and Modern Rhetoric and Applied Linguistics, provide a theoretical foundation for the practices in all of the course work. Students also learn a variety of research methods aside from traditional library research in the Writing Research Methods class that are applicable to a wide range of problem solving. There is also flexibility to pursue depth if students wish to focus on teaching with additional courses in Professional Writing Pedagogy, Online Writing Instruction, or Teaching with Technology, or on Digital Media production with courses such as Cybercultures and Digital Writing, Writing with Film, New Media Theories and Practices I and II.

Program Key Stats

$1387 (Per Credit)
$ 50



83 %

Eligibility Criteria


79
500
6.5
79

Additional Information & Requirements

Students must generally have at least 24 undergraduate hours in English, or a closely related field, with a grade point average of 3.0 or better, may have little or no undergraduate course work relating to English, provided that they have an average of 3.0 or better in their undergraduate major, submit scores for sample of scholarly writing, and three recommendations, at least one of which evaluates ability in English, Students must score 230 on the computer-based TOEFL the equivalent of 570 in the older, paper-based score scale or 80 on the TOEFL iBT. Students may be admitted provisionally with a TOEFL score of 213 550 in the paper-based scale, English Language Proficiency, Financial Documentation seeking F/J visas only, Passport identification page, Requirements and deadlines vary by program Standardized Test Results GRE, GMAT, MAT, MCAT, PRAXIS, Essay/Personal Statement/Resume, Letters of Recommendation, English Language requirement: IELTS: 6.5 overall, GRE verbal reasoning: 150, GRE verbal: 480, SAT critical reading: 480, SAT reading test: 26, GCSE or GCE: O level pass in English; CPE: C or higher, PTE Academic Test: 53

Career Options

  • Technical Writers
  • Web Developers
  • Editors
  • Copy Writers

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