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Rhetoric & Writing Studies San Diego State University

Technical & Scientific Writing : How to Apply

Applying through the Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies

Send your resume, a 10 page writing sample and your college transcripts to:

    Linn Bekins, Program Director,
    Advanced Certificate Program in Technical and Scientific Writing
    Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies
    San Diego State University
    5500 Campanile Dr.
    San Diego, CA 92182-4452

Applying through Extended Studies

If you are not a student at SDSU and wish to take a class through the College of Extended Studies you will need to do the following:

  1. Get a registration form from the College of Extended Studies. The forms are in a box outside the registration window on Hardy Avenue, on the north side of the Gateway Building. You can find more information and download a registration form from the Extended Studies website. You can also also register online or by phone (619 594-5152) or by fax (619 594-0147).

  2. Bring the registration form to the first class and have your instructor sign it.

  3. Mail or fax the signed form to Extended Studies along with payment for the course.

You can apply to the Advanced Certificate Program at any time (there is no deadline). Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.

Enrolling while still an undergraduate

Note that students can take Certificate classes for undergraduate and graduate-level credits simultaneously. This is called "concurrent enrollment", and you can do this ONLY IF you are in your last semester of undergraduate study. To take Certificate classes while you are an undergraduate you will need to pick up a concurrent enrollment form from the Graduate Division of Student Affairs, and get permission from the Graduate Division.