Academic Catalog

2025-2026

Certificate Professional Writing Certificate

Requirements

This certificate requires 12 credit hours of professional writing courses selected from the following:

Select four of the following:12
Digital Writing
Introduction to Rhetorical Studies
Advanced Composition
Technical Writing
English Internship
Writing in the Disciplines
Management Writing
Writing for the Government
Writing in Digital Spaces
Advanced English Internship
Total Credit Hours12

For completion of the certificate, students must have a minimum grade point average of 2.00 in each course specified as a requirement for the certificate. A minimum of three of the four required courses must be completed at Old Dominion University.

To apply for the certificate, contact Daniel Richards (dprichar@odu.edu).