Required Courses (9 units)
| Course Title | Department | Number | Units |
| Writing and Rhetorical Conventions | ENGL | 301 | 3 |
| Technical and Professional Writing | ENGL | 402 | 3 |
| Advanced Professional Writing and Editing | ENGL | 405 | 3 |
Elective Courses: Professional Writing and Design (9 units)
| Course Title | Department | Number | Units |
| Multimedia Authoring: Exploring New Rhetorics | DTC/ENGL | 355 | 3 |
| Advanced Multimedia Authoring | DTC/ENGL | 477 | 3 |
| Usability and Interface Design | DTC/ENGL | 478 | 3 |
| Composition and Design | DTC/ENGL | 336 | 3 |
| Topics in Magazine Editing and Creative Writing | ENGL | 357 | 3 |
| Writing/Editing Internship (taken after core courses) | ENGL | 498 | 3 |
| Introduction to Digital Media | FA | 332 | 3 |
| Print Based Media | FA | 433 | 3 |
| Digital and Photo Processes for Printmaking | FA | 471 | 3 |
| Media, Culture, and Society | SOC | 373 | 3 |
| Computer-aided Design and Engineering Systems | MECH | 485 | 3 |
| Other Courses (approved by the Director) | Various | ### | # |
Elective Courses: Professional Writing and Organizational Communication (9 units)
| Course Title | Department | Number | Units |
| Speech, Thought, and Culture | ANTH | 350 | 3 |
| Electronic Research and the Rhetoric of Information | DTC/ENGL | 356 | 3 |
| Language, Texts, and Technology | DTC/ENGL | 375 | 3 |
| Revision Workshop | ENGL | 304 | 3 |
| Rhetoric and Composition for Teaching | ENGL | 324 | 3 |
| Applied Grammar for Teachers | ENGL | 326 | 3 |
| Sociolinguistics and Psycholinguistics | ENGL | 458 | 3 |
| Writing/Editing Internship (taken after core courses) | ENGL | 498 | 3 |
| Journalism | JOUR | 305 | 3 |
| Principles of Management and Organization | MTG OP | 301 | 3 |
| Industrial Psychology | PSYCH | 306 | 3 |
| Organizational Psychology | PSYCH | 308 | 3 |
| Cultural Diversity in Organizations | PSYCH | 309 | 3 |
| Psychology of Language | PSYCH | 492 | 3 |
| Policy Analysis | POL S | 416 | 3 |
| Other Courses (approved by the Director) | Various | ### | # |
Courses included in the certificate are scheduled by the corresponding departments. Look in the Schedule of Classes to determine when a partucular course will be offered.
You may take any of the courses listed as long as you meet the prerequisites for that course. Prerequisites are listed in the General Catalog under Course Descriptions.