Advanced Writing Seminar
A professional writing seminar from MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning, aimed at students preparing for careers where clear communication matters. The course cycles students through several genres of workplace writing, from memos and reports to proposals, giving each assignment a full draft, review, and rewrite cycle rather than a single pass. Oral presentation is paired with the written work, so students defend and explain a point of view aloud as well as on the page. Materials on MIT OpenCourseWare include the syllabus, writing assignments, and guidance on structuring arguments for a professional audience. There is no instructor feedback loop since this is a self-paced OCW version, but the assignment sequence itself outlines a full semester's workload. Free to access, with no certificate offered.