PgCertAcademic Writing Development

Location	United Kingdom, (Main Site)
Type	Master courses, full-time
Nominal duration	1 year
Study language	English
Awards	PgCert

Tuition fee	£3,760.00 per year

Entry qualification	Undergraduate diploma (or higher)

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL, Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) or other equivalent IELTS: 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each band and minimum of 6.0 in Writing) TOEFL (IBT): Overall score of 91 or above, with at least 21 in each individual component CAE: level B

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) should be provided. One academic reference must be sent A motivation letter must be added to your application.

More information	Expenses, accommodation, working etc. coventry.ac.uk/..riting-development-pgcert

Overview

The Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Writing Development offers a
new type of qualification aimed at graduates and professionals
interested in studying, researching, and teaching writing. The course
focuses on writing, rhetoric, and literacies research and on the ways
this research informs the teaching of writing. The programme is based
upon Coventry University’s international reputation in the teaching
of academic writing.

As part of the programme, you will explore:

• Researching, theorising and conceptualising writing
• Teaching academic writing to speakers of English as a second or
  additional language
• Supporting  the academic writing of international academics
• Professional academic writing development techniques
• Writing programme management and development
• Rhetorical theory

As students on the Academic Writing course you will be able to:

• research and analyse independently student and professional
  academic writing
• use your research and background knowledge to support native and
  non-native English-speaking writers
• develop and manage a writing programme

• support professional academic writing for publication in English as
  an additional language.

 

Career opportunities

The course can enhance your career prospects in supporting, teaching
and researching student and/or professional academic writing. It
offers a qualification that combines issues of theory and practice
necessary for working in writing or consultancy centres or as part of
writing programmes in various disciplinary contexts.

At the conclusion of the course, you will be able to work in
university departments or writing support units in the UK or
internationally, and be prepared to do doctoral study in the area.