Program Overview

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School of Professional Studies

The School of Professional Studies offers various programs for students.

Undergraduate Programs

• Biological Sciences:
  • Biological Sciences, BSGS
• Communication Studies:
  • Communication Studies, BPhil Com
• Economics:
  • Economics, BPhil
  • Economics, BSGS
• English: Writing:
  • English: Writing, BPhil
  • English: Writing, BSGS
• Enterprise Leadership:
  • Enterprise Leadership, BS
• Health Sciences:
  • Health Sciences, BS
• Humanities:
  • Humanities, BPhil
  • Humanities, BSGS
• Information Systems:
  • Information Systems, BPhil
  • Information Systems, BS
  • Information Systems, BSGS
• Organization Behavior:
  • Organization Behavior, BPhil
  • Organization Behavior, BSGS
• Psychology:
  • Psychology, BPhil
  • Psychology, BSGS
• Social Sciences:
  • Social Sciences, BPhil
  • Social Sciences, BS
  • Social Sciences, BSGS
• Strategic Communication:
  • Strategic Communication, BS

Graduate Programs

• Data Science:
  • Data Science, MS
  • Data Science, MS Analytics and Modeling Specialization
  • Data Science, MS Analytics Management Specialization
  • Data Science, MS Artificial Intelligence Specialization
  • Data Science, MS Data Engineering Specialization
  • Data Science, MS Technology Entrepreneurship Specialization
• Global Health:
  • Global Health, MS
• Health Analytics:
  • Health Analytics, MS
• Healthcare Administration:
  • Healthcare Administration, MS
• Health Informatics:
  • Health Informatics, MS
  • Health Informatics, MS Clinical Informatics Specialization
  • Health Informatics, MS Health Administration Informatics Specialization
  • Health Informatics, MS Health Technology Informatics Specialization
• Information Design and Strategy:
  • Information Design and Strategy, MS
  • Information Design and Strategy, MS Communication with Data Specialization
  • Information Design and Strategy, MS Content Strategy Specialization
  • Information Design and Strategy, MS Learning Design Specialization
  • Information Design and Strategy, MS UX/UI Specialization
• Information Systems:
  • Information Systems, MS
  • Information Systems, MS Artificial Intelligence Specialization
  • Information Systems, MS Data Science Specialization
  • Information Systems, MS Database and Internet Technologies Specialization
  • Information Systems, MS Digital Transformation Specialization
  • Information Systems, MS Health Informatics Specialization
  • Information Systems, MS Information Systems Management Specialization
  • Information Systems, MS Information Systems Security Specialization
  • Information Systems, MS Project Management Specialization
• Liberal Studies:
  • Liberal Studies, MA
  • Liberal Studies, MA Interdisciplinary Studies Specialization
• Literature:
  • Literature, MA
  • Literature, MA American Literature Specialization
  • Literature, MA British Literature Specialization
  • Literature, MA Comparative and World Literature Specialization
  • Literature, MA Film, Literature, and Visual Culture Specialization
  • Literature, MA Interdisciplinary Studies Specialization
• Prose and Poetry:
  • Prose and Poetry, MFA
  • Prose and Poetry, MFA Dual-Genre Specialization
  • Prose and Poetry, MFA Fiction Specialization
  • Prose and Poetry, MFA Nonfiction Specialization
  • Prose and Poetry, MFA Poetry Specialization
  • Prose and Poetry, MFA Publishing and Professional Development Specialization
• Public Policy and Administration:
  • Public Policy and Administration, MA
  • Public Policy and Administration, MA Data Analytics for Public Policy Specialization
  • Public Policy and Administration, MA Global Health Specialization
  • Public Policy and Administration, MA Global Policy Specialization
  • Public Policy and Administration, MA Public Administration Specialization
  • Public Policy and Administration, MA Public Policy Specialization
• Regulatory Compliance:
  • Regulatory Compliance, MS
  • Regulatory Compliance, MS Clinical Research Specialization
  • Regulatory Compliance, MS Quality Systems Specialization
• Sports Administration:
  • Sports Administration, MA
  • Sports Administration, MA College Sports Management Specialization
  • Sports Administration, MA Sports Analytics Specialization
• Writing:
  • Writing, MA
  • Writing, MA Dual-Genre Specialization
  • Writing, MA Fiction Specialization
  • Writing, MA Nonfiction Specialization
  • Writing, MA Poetry Specialization
  • Writing, MA Publishing and Professional Development Specialization

Certificates

• Post-Baccalaureate Certificates:
  • Advanced Accounting:
    • Advanced Accounting, Certificate
  • Advanced Studies in Biology for Health Professions:
    • Advanced Studies in Biology for Health Professions, Certificate
  • Advanced Studies in Psychology:
    • Advanced Studies in Psychology, Certificate
  • Artificial Intelligence:
    • Artificial Intelligence, Certificate
  • Biology for Health Sciences:
    • Biology for Health Sciences, Certificate
  • Business Essentials:
    • Business Essentials, Certificate
  • Business Writing/Communication:
    • Business Writing/Communication, Certificate
  • Change Management:
    • Change Management, Certificate
  • Corporate Communication and Branding:
    • Corporate Communication and Branding, Certificate
  • CPA Accounting:
    • CPA Accounting, Certificate
  • Creative Writing:
    • Creative Writing, Certificate
  • Data Science:
    • Data Science, Certificate
  • Digital Content Management:
    • Digital Content Management, Certificate
  • Fundamentals of Accounting:
    • Fundamentals of Accounting, Certificate
  • Health, Science and Society:
    • Health, Science and Society, Certificate
  • Human Resources:
    • Human Resources, Certificate
  • Law and Policy:
    • Law and Policy, Certificate
  • Leadership:
    • Leadership, Certificate
  • Math for Data Science:
    • Math for Data Science, Certificate
  • Pre-Clinical Psychology:
    • Pre-Clinical Psychology, Certificate
  • Pre-Graduate Business Administration:
    • Pre-Graduate Business Administration, Certificate
  • Pre-Medicine:
    • Pre-Medicine, Certificate
  • Pre-Physical Therapy:
    • Pre-Physical Therapy, Certificate
  • Pre-Physician Assistant:
    • Pre-Physician Assistant, Certificate
  • Programming:
    • Programming, Certificate
  • Public Health:
    • Public Health, Certificate
  • Research and Analytics:
    • Research and Analytics, Certificate
  • Social Justice:
    • Social Justice, Certificate
  • Specialized Studies:
    • Specialized Studies, Certificates
  • Strategic Communication:
    • Strategic Communication, Certificate
  • Strategic Management:
    • Strategic Management, Certificate
  • Strategic Marketing:
    • Strategic Marketing, Certificate
  • Writing for Print and Digital Media:
    • Writing for Print and Digital Media, Certificate
• Graduate Certificates:
  • Data Science:
    • Analytics and Modeling, Graduate Certificate
    • Analytics Management, Graduate Certificate
    • Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Graduate Certificate
    • Data Engineering, Graduate Certificate
    • Technology Entrepreneurship, Graduate Certificate
  • Global Health:
    • Global Health Leadership, Graduate Certificate
  • Health Analytics:
    • Health Analytics, Advanced Graduate Certificate
    • Health Data Science, Graduate Certificate
  • Health Informatics:
    • Health Informatics Graduate Certificate
    • Interdisciplinary Studies in Health Informatics, Advanced Graduate Certificate
  • Healthcare Industry:
    • Healthcare Industry, Graduate Certificate
  • Information Design and Strategy:
    • Communication with Data, Graduate Certificate
    • Content Strategy, Graduate Certificate
    • Interdisciplinary Studies in Information Design and Strategy, Advanced Graduate Certificate
    • Learning Design, Graduate Certificate
  • Information Systems:
    • Database & Internet Technologies, Graduate Certificate
    • Information Systems Management, Graduate Certificate
    • Information Systems Security, Graduate Certificate
    • Interdisciplinary Studies in Information Systems, Advanced Graduate Certificate
    • Project Management, Graduate Certificate
  • Liberal Studies:
    • Interdisciplinary Studies, Advanced Graduate Certificate
  • Literature:
    • Interdisciplinary Studies, Advanced Graduate Certificate
    • Literature, Graduate Certificate
  • Predictive Analytics:
    • Data Science, Advanced Graduate Certificate
  • Public Policy and Administration:
    • Climate Change Communication, Advanced Graduate Certificate
    • Global Policy, Advanced Graduate Certificate
    • Policy Analysis, Advanced Graduate Certificate
    • Public Administration, Advanced Graduate Certificate
    • Public Policy and Administration, Graduate Certificate
    • Public Policy, Advanced Graduate Certificate
  • Regulatory Compliance:
    • Interdisciplinary Studies in Regulatory Compliance, Advanced Graduate Certificate
    • Regulatory Compliance Graduate Certificate
  • Regulatory Policy & Health Systems:
    • Regulatory Policy and Health Systems, Graduate Certificate
  • Sports Administration:
    • College Sports Management, Graduate Certificate
    • Esports, Graduate Certificate
    • Interdisciplinary Studies in Sports Administration, Advanced Graduate Certificate
    • Sports Analytics, Graduate Certificate
    • Sports Communication, Graduate Certificate
    • Sports Management, Graduate Certificate
  • Writing:
    • Creative Writing, Graduate Certificate
    • Interdisciplinary Studies in Writing, Advanced Graduate Certificate
    • Publishing and Professional Development in Writing, Advanced Graduate Certificate

Publishing and Professional Development in Writing, Advanced Graduate Certificate

Curriculum

• Course List
  • Course | Title
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  • Publishing and Professional Development Courses (3 units)
  • MCW 575-0/575-DL | Seminar on Journal Publishing
  • MCW 579-0 | Practicum in Teaching Creative Writing
  • MCW 580-0 | Practicum in Publishing
  • Any other related Publishing and Professional Development courses identified by the SPS Graduate Office
  • Elective (1 unit)
  • MCW 490-0/490-DL | Special Topics in Creative Writing
  • MCW 499-0 | Independent Study
  • MCW 570-DL | Seminar on Teaching Creative Writing
  • Graduate-level literature course taken from LIT, ENGLISH, COMP_LIT, or other departments of literary study
  • Students may take a writing workshop as their elective. Options include:
    • MCW 411-0/411-DL | Poetry Workshop
    • MCW 413-0/413-DL | Fiction Workshop
    • MCW 417-0/417-DL | Popular Fiction Workshop
    • MCW 461-0/461-DL | Creative Non-Fiction Workshop
    • MCW 479-0/479-DL | Poetry for Prose Writers
    • MCW 480-0 | Prose for Poets

Please note that courses completed in the certificate program cannot be transferred to the corresponding graduate degree.

The Graduate School

The Graduate School offers various programs for students.

Academic Policies and Procedures

• Academic Calendar
• Academic Integrity
• Ad Hoc Combined Degrees
• Certificate Requirements
• General Registration Policies
• Graduation and Diploma Mailing
• Leaves of Absence
• Master's Degree Requirements
• Minor Requirements
• Nondiscrimination Statement
• Patent and Invention Policy
• PhD Degree Requirements
• Readmission
• Satisfactory Academic Progress
• Student Funding Policies
• Student Handbook and Code of Conduct
• Teaching
• Withdrawal

Programs A-Z

• Various programs are offered by The Graduate School.

Courses A-Z

• Various courses are offered by The Graduate School.

Undergraduate

The undergraduate program offers various options for students.

Privacy & Disclosures

• Information about privacy and disclosures.

Admission

• Information about admission.

Financial Aid

• Financial Aid Application
• Financial Aid Eligibility

Tuition & Payment

• Tuition Benefit
• Withdrawal Refunds

Courses A-Z

• Various courses are offered by the undergraduate program.

Programs A-Z

• Various programs are offered by the undergraduate program.

Requirements and Policies

• Courses and Credit
• Enrollment
  • Exams and Attendance
  • Withdrawal
• Grades
• Graduation & Degrees
  • Graduation Honors
• In-Person Arrival and Course Engagement
• Student Status
  • Academic Standing
  • Disciplinary Actions
  • Returning to the University
• Transcripts
• Transfer Credit
  • Test Credit
  • Transfer Types
• Undergraduate Registration Requirement

Additional Baccalaureate Options

• Accelerated Bachelors
• Certificates
  • Kellogg Certificates
    • Financial Economics Certificate
    • Managerial Analytics Certificate
  • McCormick Certificates
  • Medill Certificates
  • Programs & Centers Certificates
    • Leadership
    • Sustainability and Energy
  • SESP Certificates
  • SoC Certificates
• Minors
  • Bienen Minors
  • Programs & Centers Minors
    • Transportation and Logistics Minor
  • SoC Minors
  • McCormick Minors
  • WCAS Minors
• Second Majors
  • Bienen Second Majors
  • WCAS Second Majors

Dual Graduate & Undergraduate Degrees

• Honors Program in Medical Education
• Premedical Scholars Program

Dual Bachelor's Degrees

• BA/BS in Liberal Arts and Engineering
• BA/BMus in Liberal Arts and Music
• BA/BS or BS/BS in Communication and Engineering
• BA/BMus, BS/BMus, BA/BAMus, or BS/BAMus in Communication and Music
• BSED/BMus or BSED/BAMus in Education and Social Policy and in Music
• BS/BMus or BS/BAMus in Engineering and Music
• BSJ/BMus in Journalism and Music
• BSED/BSJ in Education and Social Policy and in Journalism

Study Outside Northwestern

• Information about studying outside Northwestern.

Undergraduate Research

• Information about undergraduate research.

Special Programs & Courses

• College Transition Programs
• Innovation in News and Storytelling
• Military Programs
  • Naval Science

Academic Calendar

• Information about the academic calendar.

Academic Integrity

• Information about academic integrity.

Academic Support

• Information about academic support.

Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music

• Composition and Music Technology
  • Composition Major
  • Composition Minor
  • Music Technology Minor
• Conducting and Ensembles
• Jazz
  • Jazz Studies Major
• Music Cognition
• Music Core
• Music Education
  • Music Education Major
  • Music Education Minor
• Music Studies for Nonmajors
• Music Technology
• Music Theory and Cognition
  • Music Cognition Major
  • Music Cognition Minor
  • Music Theory Major
  • Music Theory Minor
• Musicology
  • Musicology Major
  • Musicology Minor
• Piano
  • Piano Major
• String Instruments
  • String Instruments Major
• Voice and Opera
  • Voice and Opera Major
• Winds and Percussion Instruments
  • Winds and Percussion Instruments Major

School of Communication

• Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • Human Communication Sciences Major
  • Human Communication Sciences Minor
• Communication Studies
  • Communication Studies Major
  • Management of Creative Industries Certificate
• Dance
• Human Communication Sciences
• Interdepartmental Communication Options
• Performance Studies
  • Performance Studies Major
  • Performance Studies Minor
• Radio/Television/Film
  • Film and Media Studies Minor
  • Game Design + Media Arts + Animation Minor
  • Radio/Television/Film Major
  • Sound Design Minor
• Theatre
  • Dance Major
  • Dance Minor
  • Music Theatre Certificate
  • Theatre Major
  • Theatre Minor

School of Education and Social Policy

• Elementary Teaching
  • Elementary Teaching Major
• Human Development in Context
  • Human Development in Context Major
• Learning and Organizational Change
  • Learning and Organizational Change Major
• Learning Sciences
  • Learning Sciences Major
• Secondary Teaching
• Social Policy
  • Social Policy Major
• Experiential Learning
• Civic Engagement Certificate

Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

• Applied Mathematics
• Architectural Engineering and Design
• Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence Minor
• Biomedical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering Degree
• Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering Degree
  • Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering Minor
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Civil Engineering Degree
  • Environmental Engineering Degree
  • Architectural Engineering and Design
  • Environmental Engineering Minor
• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
  • Computer Science Degree
  • Computer Science Minor (McCormick School of Engineering)
• Curious Life Certificate
  • Curious Life Certificate
• Design Engineering (Engineering Design)
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Computer Engineering Degree
  • Electrical Engineering Degree
• Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics Degree
• Environmental Engineering
• Farley Center for Entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurship Minor
• General Engineering
• Human Computer Interaction
  • Human Computer Interaction Certificate
• Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
  • Industrial Engineering Degree
• Machine Learning and Data Science
  • Machine Learning and Data Science Minor
• Materials Science and Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering Degree
• Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering Degree
• Segal Design Institute
  • Manufacturing and Design Engineering Degree
  • Segal Design Certificate
• Robotics

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

• Integrated Marketing Communications
  • Integrated Marketing Communications Certificate
• Journalism
  • Journalism Degree

Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

• Advanced Expression
• African Studies
  • African Studies Adjunct Major
  • African Studies Minor
• American Studies
  • American Studies Major
• Anthropology
  • Anthropology Major
  • Anthropology Minor
• Arabic
• Art History
  • Art History Major
  • Art History Minor
• Art Theory and Practice
  • Art Theory and Practice Major
  • Art Theory and Practice Minor
• Asian American Studies
  • Asian American Studies Major
  • Asian American Studies Minor
• Asian Languages and Cultures
  • Asian Languages and Cultures Major
  • Asian Humanities Minor
  • Advanced Asian Languages Minor
• Astronomy
• Biological Sciences
  • Biological Sciences Major
  • Biological Sciences Second Major for ISP Students
• Black Studies
  • Black Studies Major
  • Black Studies Minor
• Business Institutions
  • Business Institutions Minor
• Catholic Studies
• Chemistry
  • Chemistry Major
  • Chemistry Minor
  • Chemistry Second Major for ISP Students
  • Chemistry BA/MS
• Chicago Field Studies
• Chinese
• Classics
  • Classics Major
  • Classics Minor Concentrations
• Cognitive Science
  • Cognitive Science Major
  • Cognitive Science Minor
• Comparative Literary Studies
  • Comparative Literary Studies Major
  • World Literature Minor
  • Comparative Literary Studies BA/MA
• Computer Science
  • Computer Science Major
  • Computer Science Minor (Weinberg College)
  • Computer Science Second Major for ISP Students
  • Computer Science BA/MS
• Critical Theory
  • Critical Theory Minor
• Data Science
• Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences Major
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences Minor
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences Second Major for ISP Students
• Economics
  • Economics Major
  • Economics Minor
  • Economics BA/MA
• Empirical and Deductive Reasoning
• English
  • English Major
  • Creative Writing Major
  • English Minor
  • Creative Writing Minor
• Environmental Policy and Culture
  • Environmental Policy and Culture Adjunct Major
  • Environmental Policy and Culture Minor
• Environmental Sciences
  • Environmental Sciences Major
  • Environmental Sciences Second Major for ISP Students
• Ethics and Civic Life
  • Brady Scholars Program
• French and Italian
  • French Major
  • French Minor
  • Italian Literature and Culture Major
  • Italian Minor
  • French BA/MA
• Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies Major
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor
• General Liberal Arts
• German
  • German Major
  • German Minor
  • German Studies Minor
  • Business German Minor
• Global Health Studies
  • Global Health Studies Adjunct Major
  • Global Health Studies Minor
• Greek
• Hebrew
• Hindi
• Historical Studies
• History
  • History Major
  • History Minor
• Humanities
  • Kaplan Humanities Scholars Program
• Integrated Science
  • Integrated Science Major
• International Studies
  • International Studies Adjunct Major
  • International Studies Minor
• Italian
• Japanese
• Jewish Studies
  • Jewish Studies Major
  • Hebrew Studies Minor
  • Jewish Studies Minor
• Korean
• Latin
• Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  • Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minor
• Latina and Latino Studies
  • Latina and Latino Studies Major
  • Latina and Latino Studies Minor
• Legal Studies
  • Legal Studies Major
  • Legal Studies Minor
• Linguistics
  • Linguistics Major
  • Linguistics Minor
  • Linguistics BA/MA
• Literature and Arts
• Materials Science
  • Materials Science Minor
• Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences
  • MMSS Adjunct Major
• Mathematics
  • Mathematics Major
  • Mathematics Minor
  • Mathematics Second Major for ISP Students
  • Mathematics Second Major or Minor for MMSS Students
• Middle East and North African Languages
  • Arabic Minor
• Middle East and North African Studies
  • Middle East and North African Studies Major
  • Middle East and North African Studies Minor
• Molecular Biosciences
• Native American and Indigenous Studies
  • Native American and Indigenous Studies Minor
• Natural Sciences
• Neurobiology
  • Neuroscience Major
  • Neuroscience Second Major for ISP Students
• Neuroscience
• Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity
• Philosophy
  • Philosophy Major
  • Philosophy Minor
• Physics and Astronomy
  • Physics Major
  • Physics Minor
  • Physics Second Major for ISP Students
• Political Science
  • Political Science Major
  • Political Science Minor
• Portuguese
• Psychology
  • Psychology Major
  • Psychology Minor
• Religious Studies
  • Religious Studies Major
  • Religious Studies Minor
  • Catholic Studies Minor
• Russian
• Science in Human Culture
  • Science in Human Culture Adjunct Major
  • Science in Human Culture Minor
• Slavic Languages and Literatures
  • Slavic Languages and Literatures Major
  • Russian and East European Studies Minor
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Sociology
  • Sociology Major
  • Sociological Research Minor
  • Sociological Studies Minor
• Spanish & Portuguese
  • Spanish Major
  • Spanish Minor
  • Portuguese Language and Lusophone Cultures Minor
• Statistics and Data Science
  • Data Science Major
  • Data Science Minor
  • Statistics Major
  • Statistics Minor
• Swahili
• Turkish
• Urdu
• Writing Program