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The Convenience of Online Writing Degree Programs
Online writing degree programs are not readily available, but they are growing in popularity. There are many
traditional and online schools that offer online degree programs to busy writers. The online degree programs offer
courses that teach students the basics of writing, including paragraph structure, theme writing, descriptive
writing, tech writing, and grammar. Usually in writing degree programs, writers are given many assignments within
one week, which range from analyzing the work of others to composing their own short stories and essays.
The courses offered in an online writing degree program are much like the ones offered in
traditional programs, and students will begin their program by taking beginner’s courses and eventually work
their way up to the more advanced. The beginner’s course teaches the basics of writing, but after taking
them, students will be able to take more specific courses, such as creative writing and tech writing.
The online programs give students more freedom, but the workload is almost the same and students will have more and
more writing assignments as they move further into the degree program. The online writing degree programs offer
bachelor degrees as well as masters’ and there are many schools that offer these online programs. Chatham College
is one school that offers online writing degree programs. Chatham online is the online division of Chatham College,
which offers online masters’ degree programs for writers. The writing degree program offered by Chatham online
offer 7-week courses and it has no residency requirement. The programs give students the freedom to study anytime
or anywhere an Internet connection is available.
Chatham online offers many degree options for its students, including the Master of Professional Writing degree,
which gives students training to become technical writers, content developers for the web, advertising copywriters,
and public relations specialist. It also offers the Graduate Certificate-Non-fiction Writing. This program gives
students the opportunity to use their nonfiction writing skills and focus one subject, which include nature,
environmental, or landscape writing. Students are given many writing assignments and attend many online writing
workshops where their work is presented and critiqued. Once the program is finished writers will have a portfolio
of their work that is of publishable quality. Another unique program is the Graduate Certificate-Writing for
Children and Adolescents.
The Certificate in Writing for Children and Adolescents provides students the chance to write fiction and
nonfiction for children and adolescents. There are also many other colleges that offer online writing degree
programs including Burlington College. Burlington College offers a Bachelor of Arts in Writing and Literature
through an online program. However, this school does require a four-day residency in Burlington, Vermont at the
beginning of each semester. Goddard College is also a school that offers a master’s program online. The college
offers a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing degree through their online program. In this program, students are
able to study poetry, fiction writing, creative nonfiction writing, and memoir, play writing, and screen writing. A
short residency is also required for the program at Goddard College.
The University of Denver is another school that offers online writing degree programs. It offers the Certificate of
Advanced Study in Creative Writing. The program includes a range of courses on content and writing processes for
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other areas of writing. There are many other colleges and universities that offer
online writing degree programs including Goucher College, Lesley University, University of Central Florida, and
Washington State University. Like all degrees, online writing degrees are not simple to obtain, but they can
provide convenience and knowledge, which helps them advance as a writer, or develop writing skills to that will
help them in the future.
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