Applied Public Writing

Issued by University of Colorado Boulder

The Applied Public Writing micro-credential demonstrates effective work with communities beyond the classroom. Learners who earned this micro-credential have written for public audiences within diverse communities; conducted library and community research; worked strategically to meet an organization’s goals; negotiated ethical considerations; and written in professional communication genres to create meaningful change. These professional writing skills can be applied to many different careers.

Type Experience
Time Months
Cost Free

Skills

Earning Criteria

The primary criterion for earning this micro-credential is to successfully complete and pass one of the Program for Writing and Rhetoric's designated community-engaged course sections, and to complete a brief Canvas tutorial focused on the foundations of community-engaged pedagogy.
The community writing project assesses a student’s ability to: a) write persuasively and ethically with and for diverse communities; b) contribute added value to community partners; c) demonstrate keen awareness of the connections between communities, organizations, and broader contemporary contexts; and d) reflect, in writing, on the relationship of writers, audiences, purposes, and contexts as they collaborate with community partners to create knowledge and meaning.
Complete and submit a 900-1,200-word reflective analysis of the community-engaged writing project that demonstrates understanding of the relationship between purpose, audience, context, and stakeholder, and the rhetorical choices that have been made based on the writer’s knowledge of those relationships. The writer should identify the various rhetorical strategies available to achieve their goal and defend the choices they eventually made and the process that led them to those choices.