Georgia鈥檚 Premier Professional Writing Degree
The Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW) will prepare you for a writing career in television, film, education, publishing, business, and the literary arts.
This graduate degree addresses creative writing, screenwriting, scriptwriting, novels, poetry, technical writing, web writing, social media messaging, and much more. Hone your craft as you gain valuable writing and publishing experience and knowledge.
Choose two from three concentrations to align with your career goals:
By selecting your concentration and support areas and your capstone topic and format, you can target your classes, writings, and projects to address your professional and creative goals. As you become experienced in producing and analyzing business, technical, journalistic, and creative texts, you鈥檒l develop a sophisticated understanding of style, structure, and audience.
As a graduate, you鈥檒l have the skills in writing that can move in many directions during your career; you will become a flexible writer who can tune in to the writing conventions of a given genre, adapting your writing style to the requirements of various rhetorical contexts in today鈥檚 print, electronic and multi-modal environments.
Additional resources of particular importance to the program faculty and students are the Kennesaw State University Writing Center, the Kennesaw Mountain National Writing Project, and the Georgia Writers Association.
Program Format: Face-to-Face
Number of Credit Hours: 36 Total Hours
Entry Terms: Fall, Spring
Time to Complete: Two-year Program
Application Deadlines:
To be considered for MAPW admission, applicants must submit the following credentials to the KSU Admission Office in addition to the general Graduate Admissions requirements:
*International applicants have additional requirements. See Graduate Admission section
of this catalog.
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Expertise - Your professors are prize-winning authors and credited screenwriters who will share their knowledge and mentor you. You'll also benefit from their research and community connections.
Creativity - The small, supportive classes, often 20 students or less, lively foster discussion.
Convenience - You can choose to enroll full-time or part-time. Most courses face and meet one night per week, though a few are online or hybrid.
Focus - Address your specific interests and career goals as you choose your concentration - Creative Writing, Applied Writing, or Composition and Rhetoric - and your capstone topic and format.
Experience - You can apply to be a graduate assistant, receive a tuition waiver and annual stipend, and gain experience in teaching or research.
With the KSU professional writing degree, you can choose from a range of careers, including:
A career in professional writing offers many paths that can easily align with your current and future goals. Below are just a few jobs achievable with a master鈥檚 degree in professional writing from KSU.
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M.A. in Professional Writing
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Kennesaw, GA 30144
Phone: 470.578.4377
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