Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Undergraduate-New Brunswick
 
About the University
Undergraduate Education in New Brunswick
Programs of Study for Liberal Arts Students
Faculties Offering the Programs
Programs, Faculty, and Courses
Availability of Majors
Course Notation Information
Accounting 010
African Area Studies 016
Africana Studies
Aging 018
American History 512
American Literature
American Studies 050
Anthropology 070
Archaeology
Armenian 078
Art 080, 081
Art History 082
Arts and Sciences 090
Asian Studies 098
Astronomy
Biochemistry
Biological Sciences
Biomathematics
Biomedical Sciences
Botany
Business Law 140
Catalan 145
Cell Biology
Central and East European Area Studies
Chemistry 160
Chinese 165
Cinema Studies 175
Classics
Cognitive Science 185
Communications
Community Development
Comparative Literature 195
Computer Science 198
Criminal Justice 202
Criminology
Dance 203, 206
Dentistry
Douglass College Courses
East Asian Languages and Area Studies 214
Economics 220
Education 300
Engineering
English
Student Responsibility to Keep Informed
Major Requirements
Minor Requirements
Departmental Honors Program
Certificate Programs
Notice to All Students
Courses (350)
Courses (351)
Courses (353)
Courses (354)
Courses (355)
Courses (356)
Entomology
Environmental Certificates
Exercise Science and Sport Studies 377
Film Studies
Finance 390
Food Science 400
Foreign Language Proficiency Certificates
French 420
Genetics
Geography 450
Geological Sciences 460
German 470
Gerontology
Greek 490
Greek, Modern Greek Studies 489
Hindi 505
History
History/French Joint Major 513
History/Political Science Joint Major 514
Hungarian 535
Individualized Major
Interdisciplinary Studies
Italian 560
Japanese 565
Jewish Studies 563
Journalism and Media Studies 567
Junior Year Abroad
Korean 574
Labor Studies 575
Latin 580
Latin American Studies 590
Law
Life Sciences
Linguistics 615
Livingston College Courses
Management 620
Marine Sciences 628
Marketing 630
Mathematics 640
Medical Technology 660
Medicine and Dentistry
Medieval Studies 667
Microbiology
Middle Eastern Studies 685
Military Education, Air Force 690
Military Education, Army 691
Molecular Biology
Music
Neurobiology
Nursing
Nutritional Sciences 709
Operations Research 711
Pharmacy
Philosophy 730
Physics 750
Physiology and Neurobiology
Polish 787
Political Science 790
Portuguese 810
Psychology 830
Public Health
Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean Studies 836
Religion 840
Russian 860
Russian, Central and East European Studies 861
Rutgers College Courses
Science, Technology, and Society
Social Work 910
Sociology 920
Spanish 940
Statistics 960
Statistics-Mathematics
Study Abroad 959
Theater Arts 965, 966
Ukrainian 967
University College-New Brunswick College Courses
Urban Studies and Community Health
Visual Arts
Women's and Gender Studies 988
Douglass College
Livingston College
Rutgers College
University College
Cook College
Mason Gross School of the Arts
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Rutgers Business School: Undergradute
School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies
School of Engineering
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
General Information
Camden Newark New Brunswick/Piscataway
Catalogs
  New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2003-2005 Programs of Study for Liberal Arts Students Programs, Faculty, and Courses English Certificate Programs  

Certificate Programs

Professional Writing Certificate

This program is designed to give students a firm grounding in oral, written, and electronic communication skills so that they are prepared to enter professions that require extensive writing skills. To earn a Professional Writing Certificate, students must complete successfully at least 16 credits in selected courses, including a 1-credit CASE unit or 3-credit internship.

This certificate is administered through the English department. For more information, contact the Assistant Director of Business and Technical Writing at 732/932-9273 or bizntech@rci.rutgers.edu.

Technical Writing Certificate

This program is designed to give students with a science or technical background a strong grounding in oral, written, and electronic communication skills. To earn a Technical Writing Certificate, students must complete successfully a major or minor in a scientific or technical field (such as biology, computer science, engineering, or mathematics) and at least 18 credits in selected courses, including a 3-credit internship.

This certificate is administered through the English department. For more information, contact the Assistant Director of Business and Technical Writing at 732/932-9273 or bizntech@rci.rutgers.edu.

Required courses (16-19 credits):

Two electives from among the following writing courses (6 credits):

 01:355:202  Technical Writing Essentials (3)

 01:355:203  Business Writing Essentials (3)

 01:355:315  Writing Grant Proposals (3) (may not be counted twice)

 01:355:342  Science Writing (3)

 01:355:352  Writing as a Naturalist (3)

 01:355:355  Writing in the Professions (3)

 01:355:365  Technical Editing (3)

 01:355:375  Collaborative Writing Practices (3)

One of the following research writing courses (3 credits):

 01:355:302  Scientific and Technical Writing (3)

 01:355:303  Writing for Business and Professions (3)

 01:355:312  Writing for Biology and Natural Science (3)

 01:355:315  Writing Grant Proposals (3) (may not be counted twice)

 01:355:322  Writing for Engineers (3)

One of the following workshop courses using computers in writing (3 credits):

 01:355:402  Advanced Writing Workshop (3)

 01:355:415  Information Design (3)

 01:355:425  Web Authoring (3)

At least one course in computer science (3-4 credits):

 01:198:110  Introduction to Computers and Their Application (3)

 01:198:111  Introduction to Computer Science (4)

 01:198:170  Computer Applications for Business (3)

At least one writing internship experience (1 or 3 credit for those seeking a Professional Writing Certificate; 3-credit internship for those seeking a Technical Writing Certificate):

 01:355:399,400  CASE (1,1)

 01:355:395,396  Internship (3,3)


 
For additional information, contact RU-info at 732/932-info (4636) or colonel.henry@rutgers.edu.
Comments and corrections to: Campus Information Services.

© 2005 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. All rights reserved.