Increase Your Career Options in Less Time with a Master's Degree in Professional Writing

With an Master's degree in Professional Writing, you will learn to write at an advanced level in a variety of professional settings, no matter your career interests--from business offices to courtrooms to political rallies to online media--and you will earn your graduate degree in less time than you might think! Create responsibly researched and innovative content, think critically, analyze language thoughtfully, and communicate effectively. Use your enhanced skills ethically as a global citizen, understanding how writing can be a force in society.

Marywood offers two tracks to earn a Master of Professional Writing:

4+1 Program for Traditional Undergraduates: Marywood's 4+1 program in Professional Writing is distinctive in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Traditional undergraduates in qualifying programs have the opportunity and flexibility to earn the M.A. degree in one year. Marywood students from the following programs, majors, and minors, with a minimum of a 3.5 GPA in the major or minor and 3.33 overall GPA, are eligible to apply for the 4+1 program:

• Programs: Communication Arts and English
• Majors: Advertising and Public Relations; Broadcast Journalism; Digital Media; Literature; Writing
• Minors: Advertising, Broadcast Communication, Journalism, Public Relations, English, Writing

Traditional Graduate Program: The traditional Masters in Professional Writing consists of three full-time semesters or two years of part-time study. 

• Earn your M.A. in two years or less
• Evening classes offered

Each degree path features hands-on learning in professional situations, classroom discussions, and writer workshops that hone students' writing and give graduates a thorough understanding of techniques of writing and persuasion across a variety of media appropriate to a range of professional settings.

• Earn your master's degree in two years or less
• Evening Classes and Writer Workshops
• Wide variety of career opportunities
• Hands-on learning in professional situations