Since 1990 the program has enjoyed nearly 100 percent placement in writing and editing positions. Among the firms currently employing our graduates are Alacatel-Lucent, Hewlett-Packard, IBM Lotus Software, Motorola, Outcome Sciences, RSA Security, Misys Healthcare, Eze Castle Software and Phase Forward.


Newsletter from the Director / Fall '08

The many other writing programs and activities associated with the College of Humanities and Fine Arts are described at Writing@CHFA

The PWTC concentration is offered to undergraduate and graduate majors within the Department of English and to other interested students.

The program provides practice in professional research and editing, grant writing, software and hardware documentation, report writing and business communications; it supplies hands-on training in a range of industry-standard software; and it offers an ongoing forum for the study and critique of theories and practices of information design.

The concentration consists of five courses, all of which are writing intensive. In mimicking workplace demands, students are required to meet deadlines and to work collaboratively on designated projects. No courses in the program are offered online.

For additional information contact Professor David Toomey at dtoomey@english.umass.edu