What you will learn
- Rhetorical knowledge: how to craft your writing professionally to meet the needs of varied audiences for specific purposes
- Critical thinking: how to make decisions about what to include and not include in your writing
- Writing process: how to use invention, research, drafting, revising, and editing in your writing
- Knowledge of conventions: how to use various formats and stylistic choices, including genre conventions, that are appropriate for the workplace
- Digital technology: how to use diverse technologies to write more effectively and efficiently
- Habits of mind: how to benefit from and cultivate curiosity, openness, engagement, creatively, persistence, responsibility, flexibility, and reflection
Program Overview
Expert instruction
2 high-quality courses
2 months
18 - 20 hours per week
Discounted price: $898.20
Pre-discounted price: $998USD
For the full program experience
Courses in this program
ASUx's Professional Writing MicroBachelors® Program
- English Composition
- English Composition: Research and Writing
- Program Certificate & College Credit
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