In Writing Studies, you’ll bring together academic, creative, and professional writing to make an impact. Whether you’re developing research projects, crafting narratives that move people, this program prepares you to write with confidence and purpose.
You’ll learn how to communicate effectively in different ways including essays, reports, poems, and more. You’ll also see how writing shapes the world around us. Through hands-on projects, you’ll explore how language influence audiences, builds understanding, and inspires change.
You’ll also dig into how identity, culture, technology, and society shape how we write and communicate today. From studying history and theory of writing, to producing content for professional settings, you’ll gain the theory and practical skills to stand out.
Why study writing?
- Understand how writing shapes—and is shaped by—technology. Learn how speakers, from rhetoricians millennia ago to contemporary creators, have responded to new tools of communication. Explore how writing evolves, and what it means to remain an intentional and ethical communicator in digital spaces.
- Find your voice, amplify your impact. Your ability to write with clarity, confidence, and style is what sets you apart from AI-generated text.
- Learn methods. Go beyond grammar and style to understand how writers research, invent, draft, revise, and reflect on their work. Experiment with genres and approaches to seeing writing as a process of discovery and method of thinking.
- Build in-demand skills. Employers want communication grounded in research, analysis, and ethical judgment—critical thinking and human values that AI cannot provide.
- Create work that matters. Through internships, multimedia projects, and one-on-one faculty mentorship, you’ll practice turning ideas into writing that informs, persuades, and inspires.
- Stand out. Develop a portfolio that shows your adaptability, whether your path leads to graduate school, the tech industry, or creative fields.
