MA Professional Writing at University of Cincinnati

Programme overview

The MA in Professional Writing covers specialised writing including technical, business and health writing, and builds cross-genre skills in information and instructional design, web content, project management and user testing. It uses service-learning and requires an internship; full-time and part-time study are available.

Faculty: College of Arts and Sciences | Department: English | Intake: Fall; deadlines January 15 (departmental aid) and July 31 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cincinnati, OH, United States

Career pathways

Distance learning coordinator, health communicator, proposal writer, project manager, technical writer, editor, content specialist, instructional designer, digital marketing specialist.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Deadlines: January 15 for applicants seeking departmental financial aid; July 31 for fall for others; applications considered up to six weeks before each semester. Departmental aid is not available to part-time students.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applicants select an entry term (semester) when applying; not all programmes start every term, and each programme sets its own start terms.

Graduate application fee: $65 domestic and $70 international for most degree programmes; $75 domestic and $80 international for the College of Engineering & Applied Science; $140 for the MS Physiology.

Graduate applications: programmes set their own deadlines and decision schedules. Most programmes use the UC Graduate Admissions Application; Nursing uses NursingCAS, Occupational Therapy OTCAS, Physical Therapy PTCAS, Athletic Training ATCAS, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology CSDCAS, and Public Health SOPHAS.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.uc.edu/admissions.html

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