Master of Arts in Professional Writing
MAPW Certificates
Choose from five MAPW post-baccalaureate certificates that may be non-degree or available while pursuing your master’s degree.
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9 Credit-Hour Certificate (3 classes)
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12 Credit-Hour Certificates (4 classes)
About Our Certificates
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Start the Certificate
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Certificate Only
Apply through Graduate Admissions
- Application Materials
- Graduate Admissions Application Portal
- Deadlines to Apply:
- Fall Semester: July 1
- Spring Semester: November 1
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Add-On a Certificate to Degree/Certificate
- Complete the top portion of the Request for Add-On Certificate form and email it to gradcollegeforms@kennesaw.edu, copying the Certificate Coordinator and MAPW Academic Program Support Specialist (see below).
- All requests to add a certificate to your record must be submitted no later than four weeks prior to the beginning of the semester.
- You may earn up to two (2) certificates at a time.
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Complete the Certificate
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Application for Graduation
You will submit an application for graduation in Owl Express. The graduate certificate application fee is $15. See details and application deadlines here. -
Portfolio Submission
You will submit an exit survey and portfolio of your work to the Certificate Coordinator on the last day of class in the semester you are completing your certificate. See certificate tiles below for details on the portfolio submission for each program.
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Certificate Contacts
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Certificate Coordinators
Artificial Intelligence & Writing Technologies
- Dr. Jeanne Law
jlaw29@kennesaw.edu
Creative Writing
- Professor Garrard Conley
gconley3@kennesaw.edu
Professional Editing and Publishing
- Professor Mary McMyne
mmcmyne@kennesaw.edu
Professional Writing for International Audiences
- Dr. Meishan Chen
mchen18@kennesaw.edu - Dr. Christopher Palmer
cpalme20@kennesaw.edu
Screen & Television Writing
- Professor Anna Weinstein
aweinst6@kennesaw.edu
- Dr. Jeanne Law
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General Questions
Terri Dudenhoeffer, MAPW Academic Program Support Specialist
tdudenho@kennesaw.edu
