The Professional and Strategic Writing (B.S.) at Thomas Jefferson University equips you to navigate and lead in today's evolving professional landscape. This undergraduate program is ideal for students seeking to develop advanced communication, critical thinking, and strategic leadership skills essential for diverse career paths. You will explore the rhetorical categories of invention, delivery, style, arrangement, and memory, gaining a comprehensive understanding of how effective communication drives professional success. This degree programme provides the key skills necessary to transition into new or expanded professional areas as the marketplace continues to change and grow.
Studied full-time on campus over four years, your learning experience will be structured through a core curriculum and elective pathways, including opportunities for an in-house internship and a final-year capstone project. You will engage with subjects like visual rhetoric, writing at work, and rhetorics of data visualization, preparing you for real-world application. You will graduate with a flexible and adaptable skillset, ready for careers in fields such as marketing, technical writing, public affairs, and non-profit communication, or to pursue further graduate studies.