Why Study Professional Writing at UWM?
Specializing in professional writing can help you build credentials and improve your job marketability after graduation.
We are especially proud of our 100% placement rate for our alumni in jobs and careers related to professional writing!
We have tailored our programs to meet the special needs of a wide variety of students:
- To accommodate the special time constraints of students who work or have family commitments, we offer most courses at night and have developed online courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
- To accommodate students aiming for workplace careers and who wish to develop advanced workplace skills, we offer cutting-edge courses that are grounded firmly in recent theories and empirical findings, but also in the realities of work contexts. For example, we offer courses in:
- Web site and information design
- Instructional design
- Information architecture
- Knowledge management
- Editing and publishing
- Creative nonfiction
- Usability studies
- Project management
- Business writing and management
For all students, we offer opportunities for financial support, including teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and fellowships.
For all students, we offer high quality, hands-on learning experience with an equal balance of theory and project work. Most of our courses are held in computer labs. We also offer enthusiastic, caring and hard-working faculty with broad workplace and academic experience, outstanding teaching and publishing credentials, and international reputations in the field.
We hope that one or more of our programs interest you or someone you know.