U.S. Degree Programs in Science, Health, or Environmental Writing

We’ve compiled a listing of more than 50 U.S. university-based programs that offer specialized undergraduate or graduate degree programs or individual courses in science, health, or environmental writing. If you know of other programs that should be added to this page, please email editor-in-chief Siri Carpenter.

(Note: To learn about university-based degree programs outside the U.S., visit the World Federation of Science Journalists’ online course map, which includes degree programs around the world.)

University	Degree/Concentration Type(s)	More Info
Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication	Undergrad/Grad	https://cronkite.asu.edu/
Boston University College of Communication	Individual Courses	https://www.bu.edu/com/academics/journalism/ms-in-journalism/degree-requirements/
California Institute of Technology Various Departments	Individual Courses	https://writing.caltech.edu/resources/learning
California Polytechnic State University College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences	Undergrad	https://aged.calpoly.edu/agricultural-communication
Carnegie Mellon University Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences	Undergrad/Individual Courses	https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/english/academic-programs/technical-writing/tw-additional-major.html https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/english/academic-programs/ma-pw/mapw-curriculum.html
City University of New York Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism	Grad	https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/future-students/academic-programs/m-a-in-journalism/subject-concentrations/health-science-reporting/
Colorado State University Journalism and Media Communication	Undergrad/Grad/Individual Courses	https://journalism.colostate.edu/m-s-public-communication-technology https://catalog.colostate.edu/general-catalog/colleges/liberal-arts/journalism-media-communication/science-communication-minor/ https://catalog.colostate.edu/general-catalog/colleges/agricultural-sciences/agricultural-resource-economics/education-literacy-concentration/
Columbia University Journalism School	Grad	https://journalism.columbia.edu/ma-science-concentration
Cornell University Various Departments	Undergrad/Individual Courses	https://scicomm.cornell.edu
Duke University Science & Society Certificate Programs	Individual Courses	https://scienceandsociety.duke.edu/learn/undergraduate-programs/ss-certificate/
George Mason University Department of Communication	Grad	https://communication.gmu.edu/programs/la-ma-com/requirements https://sciencecommunication.gmu.edu/programs/la-cerg-scmn
Georgia Institute of Technology School of Literature, Media, and Communication	Undergrad/Individual Courses	https://wcprogram.lmc.gatech.edu/courses/tech-comm https://catalog.gatech.edu/programs/literature-media-communication-thread-literature-science-technology-culture/#text
Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences	Grad/Individual Courses	https://e-catalogue.jhu.edu/arts-sciences/advanced-academic-programs/programs/science-writing-master-of-arts/ https://advanced.jhu.edu/academics/graduate/ma-science-writing/
Kansas State University K-State Online	Individual Courses	https://online.k-state.edu/programs/certificates/graduate-certificates/technical-writing-professional-communication.html
Lehigh University Science and Environmental Writing Program	Undergrad	https://www2.lehigh.edu/academics/majors/science-and-environmental-writing/
Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences	Grad/Individual Courses	https://sciwrite.mit.edu/ https://cmsw.mit.edu/education/writing/undergraduate/
Michigan State University College of Communication Arts and Sciences	Individual Courses	https://comartsci.msu.edu/academics/academic-departments/graduate/linked-bachelors-masters-degree-health-and-risk
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Communication, Liberal Arts, and Social Sciences	Grad/Individual Courses	https://www.nmt.edu/academics/class/
New York University Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program	Grad	https://journalism.nyu.edu/graduate/programs/science-health-and-environmental-reporting/
North Carolina State University Department of Communication; Department of English	Undergrad	https://english.chass.ncsu.edu/undergraduate/minors/journalism_minor.php
Northern Arizona University School of Communication	Undergrad/Grad	https://nau.edu/communication/environmental-communication-minor/ https://nau.edu/communication/scicomm/
Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism	Grad	https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/journalism/graduate-journalism/specializations/health-environment-science/curriculum.html https://www.tgs.northwestern.edu/admission/academic-programs/clusters-and-certificates/medill-media-and-science-communication/medill-media-and-science-communication-cluster-and-certificate.html
Oregon State University School of Literature, Writing and Film	Undergrad	https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/scientific-technical-and-professional-communication-certificate
Point Park University School of Communication	Undergrad	https://www.pointpark.edu/academics/schools/schoolofcommunication/programs/environmentaljournalism
Princeton University Program in Journalism	Individual Courses	https://journalism.princeton.edu/courses/writing-about-science-4/
Purdue University Brian Lamb School of Communication	Undergrad/Grad	https://cla.purdue.edu/communication/concentrations/ https://cla.purdue.edu/communication/graduate/on-campus-graduate-program/areas-of-study/health-and-risk-communication/
Rutgers University Science Communication Initiative	Undergrad	https://scicomm.rutgers.edu/
Stanford University Journalism Program	Undergrad/Individual Courses	https://pwrnotations.stanford.edu/about/about-nsc https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?view=catalog&filter-coursestatus-Active=on&page=0&catalog=&academicYear=&q=COMM+277C&collapse=
Stony Brook University Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science	Grad/Individual Courses	https://aldacenter.org
Temple University College of Science and Technology	Grad	https://www.temple.edu/academics/degree-programs/scientific-writing-psm-st-scwr-psm https://www.temple.edu/academics/degree-programs/scientific-writing-certificate-graduate-st-scwr-grad
Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences	Grad	https://vetmed.tamu.edu/stjr/
University of Arizona School of Journalism	Grad/Individual Courses	https://journalism.arizona.edu/science-environmental-journalism https://journalism.arizona.edu/undergraduate-courses https://science.arizona.edu/graduate-certificate-science-communication
University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism	Individual Courses	https://journalism.berkeley.edu/programs/mj/science-technology/
University of California, Berkeley Extension Professional Writing Program	Individual Courses	https://extension.berkeley.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=41096
University of California, San Diego Extended Studies	Grad	https://extendedstudies.ucsd.edu/courses-and-programs/science-communication
University of California, Santa Cruz Science Communication	Undergrad/Grad	https://catalog.ucsc.edu/en/current/General-Catalog/Courses/SCIC-Science-Communication https://scicom.ucsc.edu/
University of Chicago Professional Education; College	Grad/Individual Courses	https://professional.uchicago.edu/find-your-fit/certificates/medical-writing-and-editing https://college.uchicago.edu/academics/science-communications-courses
University of Colorado, Boulder Bartlett Science Communication Center; Center for Environmental Journalism	Grad/Individual Courses	https://www.colorado.edu/bartlettcenter/courses https://www.colorado.edu/cej/
University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications	Grad/Individual Courses	https://catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/courses/journalism/ https://www.jou.ufl.edu/graduate/research-and-theory/mamc-science-health/ https://www.jou.ufl.edu/graduate-certificates/science-communication-certificate
University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication	Grad/Individual Courses	https://bulletin.uga.edu/Link?cid=pbio8930 https://comm.uga.edu/courses/undergraduate https://medicaljournalism.grady.uga.edu/about-us/
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Media	Undergrad/Grad	https://media.illinois.edu/master-science-journalism/science-and-technology-journalism
University of Maryland, Baltimore Department of Communication; Graduate School	Undergrad/Grad	https://graduate.umaryland.edu/scicomm/ https://communication.umd.edu/academics/undergraduate/communication-BA
University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	Individual Courses	https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/courses/writing-400.html
University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Online; College of Liberal Arts	Individual Courses	https://cla.umn.edu/writing-studies/undergraduate/major-and-minor/bs-technical-writing-communication https://online.umn.edu/master-science-scientific-and-technical-communication
University of Missouri School of Journalism; College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources	Undergrad/Individual Courses	https://catalog.missouri.edu/collegeofagriculturefoodandnaturalresources/additionalcertificatesminors/minor-science-agricultural-communications/ https://online.missouri.edu/degrees-programs/mu/journalism/health-communication/ma
University of Montana School of Journalism; Department of Environmental Studies	Undergrad/Grad	https://catalog.umt.edu/colleges-schools-programs/humanities-sciences/environmental-studies/cert-environmental-nature-writing/ https://www.umt.edu/journalism/graduate/
University of Rhode Island College of the Environment and Life Sciences	Grad/Individual Courses	https://web.uri.edu/cels-gradprograms/sciwrite/
University of Tennessee, Knoxville School of Journalism and Electronic Media	Undergrad/Grad	https://jem.utk.edu/sciencecommunication
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Life Sciences Communication	Undergrad/Grad	https://lsc.wisc.edu/academic-programs/
Vanderbilt University College of Arts and Science	Undergrad/Individual Courses	https://as.vanderbilt.edu/cst/
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences	Individual Courses	https://liberalarts.vt.edu/academics/majors-and-minors/professional-and-technical-writing-major.html https://communicatingscience.isce.vt.edu/resources.html

(Editors’ Note: Thanks to Betsy Ladyzhets and Allison Whitten for helping to assemble and fact-check this university listing. Any errors or omissions remain the responsibility of The Open Notebook. To let us know about a program that is missing from our listing, please email editor-in-chief Siri Carpenter.)