Become an effective, ethical writer and communicator with Southwest Minnesota State University's 100% online Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing and Communication. Our curriculum combines writing, rhetoric, art, and communications courses to ensure you graduate as a well-rounded professional ready for the workplace. This interdisciplinary program delivers the skills you need for roles like content marketer, social media manager, copywriter, and public relations specialist.

You can study reading, writing and digital media in EOU's online bachelor's program in English and writing, leading to a career as an author, lawyer, policy analyst, technical writer, editor, journalist and more. Expert faculty and community partnerships help you develop creative, effective research and communication.

The aim of this distance learning program is to offer flexible access to certification through distance learning for people who lack qualifications in technical communication; the program emphasises that the job of a technical writer entails more than writing: graphics, cultural issues, layout, and design all play a part, and students receive tuition on all of these areas.

Do you enjoy explaining science? Do you delight in the wonders of nature or the process of scientific discovery, and yearn to tell those stories? Join the next generation of writers who are showing how science, medicine, and technology affect our lives.

You bring the passion for storytelling, we’ll help you develop your craft, tap into your creativity, and increase your network. Our goal is that you will leave our program ready to write, publish, and edit at the highest levels possible.

Learn how to use English for study at university or college and develop your writing skills, vocabulary and grammar.

The online Master of Arts in professional and creative writing helps writers be successful, whether they are looking to write a novel or polish their professional writing skills. Our program cultivates the writing, reading, and critical thinking skills necessary for business professionals and creative writers. Our students are often both. Our classes center on a community of writers who share common goals and practices, and they are led by faculty mentors, who publish widely and who care deeply about the success of each student. There’s a strong emphasis on personal development and skill enhancement. The degree honors the entirety of the writer who aspires to write for internal and external audiences within and beyond the workplace.

Learn how to craft accurate, engaging, and impactful pieces of writing for the business context. Professional Communication: Business Writing and Storytelling is an online short course from The Economist designed to help business professionals attract and address broad audiences across various written formats. Based on the newspaper’s editorial practice, this six-week course offers a self-reflective journey through the craft and purpose of writing and storytelling, equipping you with the confidence to communicate with partners and employees. An accessible “tools not rules” approach to grammar unlocks practical skills for constructing cohesive sentences and paragraphs and shows how elements such as word choice, punctuation, and structure can maximize impact and clarity. You’ll also explore ways to source information accurately, learn to strengthen arguments with data visualisations and uncover methods for constructive and collaborative editing.

Improve your academic English skills further, learning about critical analysis, using sources, avoiding plagiarism and more.

This course is for anyone who wants to tell powerful, clearly organized stories — on deadline. Whether you write breaking news alerts, meeting summaries, scientific papers, or business plans, you will come away from this four-week, intensive online course with the tools you need to deliver what your audience wants.