Graduate Academic Certificate in Technical Writing

You have two different paths toward a Graduate Academic Certificate in Technical Writing:

Courses focused on teaching technical communication at the college level
Courses focused on developing technical communication skills for a career in the field

If you're a college teacher whose graduate studies are in another content area (such as composition/rhetoric, literature, creative writing, and cultural studies) and you want a certificate that will help you teach technical writing, you should take these four courses:

TECM 5195: Editing Technical Documents
TECM 5200: Digital Content Strategies for Communication Professionals
TECM 5280: Designing Technical Documents
TECM 5550: Studies in the Teaching of Technical Communication

The director of graduate studies will work with you to structure a four-course series that makes sense for your needs.

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If you're interested in learning more about technical communication and possibly pursuing a career in the tech comm field, you should choose four of the following courses, depending upon your career goals:

TECM 5170: Grants and Proposals
TECM 5191: Digital Literacies
TECM 5195: Editing Technical Documents
TECM 5200: Digital Content Strategies
TECM 5280: Designing Technical Documents

The director of graduate studies will work with you to structure a four-course series that makes sense for your needs.

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Graduate Academic Certificates are open to any student with an undergraduate degree from an accredited university. We have rolling admissions, so you can apply now and be in classes in as few as 8 weeks.

To apply for the certificate program:

Go to goapplytexas.org and apply to the Graduate Academic Certificate in Technical Writing or Graduate Academic Certificate in Proposal Writing
Submit your transcripts to the Toulouse Graduate School
You do not need to take the GRE or submit any other materials

Detailed information on the online certificate can be found at online.UNT.edu.

For complete admission information and course descriptions, visit the UNT Graduate Catalog.

You can apply for the graduate certificate through the Toulouse Graduate School.

Not all courses are offered every semester, so you'll need to speak with your graduate advisor about upcoming courses.

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The certificate program has been structured around your needs. Have a full-time job? Taking care of children or elderly family? Live eight time zones away? Whatever your situation, UNT's technical writing certificate can work for you.

The program offers

Online asynchronous classes, which means you can decide when you will complete your work each week
8-week sessions, which allow you to focus on one content area at a time
Award winning faculty who are renowned scholars in the field of technical communication
A reasonable completion timeframe. Most students complete the certificate in fewer than 9 months, though some can complete it in as little as 4 months.

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UNT has been named one of America's Best College Buys® for 24 consecutive years. You can use a calculator to estimate your tuition and fees to get more information about the cost of the online certificate program.

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Graduate advising is by appointment only. Email TCgrad@unt.edu or call the office at (940) 565-4458 to schedule an appointment with the Director of Graduate Studies.

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