May 11, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog

Technical Writing, Certificate (online)


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This online graduate certificate in technical writing meets the needs of working professionals by providing them with a distance education opportunity to learn advanced theoretical and practical approaches to composing documents and other information products for local and global translation; writing collaboratively online in increasingly more diverse virtual workspaces; and developing best practices for new online writing workspaces that are informed by current technical communication research.

This fully online graduate certificate program reaches out to workplaces across the state of Ohio and beyond whose growing reliance on technology to enhance their productivity requires the expertise of technical communicators. The Technical Writing certificate program seeks to enhance the expertise of technical writers and thus to increase the success of the industries in which they work.

Admission Requirements

Documents required:

  • Three Letters of Recommendation
  • Statement of Purpose
  • No test score required

Application Requirements

Admissions Categories and Grade Point Average Requirements

International Application Information

Degree Requirements

Curriculum Requirements


Additional Requirements


  • Minimum 3.0 graduate cumulative grade point average
  • All requirements must be completed within six years from the end of the earliest course used to fulfill certificate requirements.

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