GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN
SCIENCE WRITING ONLINE/LOW-RESIDENCY
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Johns Hopkins Science Writing Program aims to create the next generation of writers and editors who will help the public understand increasingly complex issues in science, medicine, public health, nature, and technology. We offer a five-course Graduate Certificate or a nine-course Master of Arts in Science Writing. While both follow a new online / low-residency format featuring online courses and brief onsite Residencies, they arise from more than two decades of Hopkins success in teaching science writing in Washington, DC, and Baltimore, MD. Study Online at Your Own Pace: Our online / lowresidency format allows Science Writing students from across the nation and around the world to stay at home while they earn an accredited degree or certificate from a prominent university. Compare Us Carefully: Our online courses offer individual help and group interaction. The MA can be completed fully online except for a brief onsite Residency. The Certificate is available fully
WHO WILL TEACH YOU
Our faculty members are experienced, award-winning writers and editors, aided by visitors from National Geographic, The Washington Post, NPR, Smithsonian, Science, The New York Times, and other organizations. Our students also have met with winners of the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes.
HOW TO APPLY
Applicants submit application materials online, including a Statement of Purpose, writing samples, transcripts of previous academic work, and other materials. A background in science is helpful but not required.
online, with a Residency optional. Students who want more face-to-face interaction can take an extra Residency. Inspiring Residencies: These intensive courses of seven to ten days feature onsite experiences in science, medicine, or technology. In 2012, our students witnessed coastal research in Maine. In 2013, we spent a week inside world-famous Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. In 2014, students explored science policy and funding on Capitol Hill, at the White House, and elsewhere in Washington, DC. We’ve also held residencies on nature and place-based writing at Shenandoah National Park, and on the environmental challenges confronting the Chesapeake Bay. The Result: Our graduates succeed as authors, freelancers, reporters, editors, or teachers, work at prominent publications, and build careers in journalism or in communications at agencies, non-profits and companies. Come join our community!
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