新的英语硕士学位以专业写作为重点，于2017年秋季开始。该计划开设面向公众的写作课程，例如赠款写作，面向电子环境的写作（如数字文学和新媒体写作，出版写作）。 ，例如编辑和文档设计以及写作理论。该学位将帮助您发展各种写作职业所需的灵活性。具有专业写作重点的英语文学硕士还具有“快速入门”选项。在这种选择下，符合某些资格准则的匹兹堡州大三和大四学生可以参加多达三门额外课程，这些课程将计入专业写作硕士学位。Jump Start选项将使学生至少减少一个学期的典型学位课程时间。
The Department of English and Modern Languages offers baccalaureate degrees and a master's degree program. Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) programs are offered in English and in Modern Languages. A master's program is also offered in English. The department offers minors in English, English Teaching, Creative Writing, French, Professional Writing, and Spanish.<br>The new MA in English with an Emphasis in Professional Writing began in the fall of 2017. The program features classes in writing for the public, such as grant writing, writing for electronic environments, such as digital literacies and new media writing, writing for publication, such as editing and document design, and theories of writing. This degree will help you develop the flexibility necessary for a wide variety of writing occupations. The MA in English with an Emphasis in Professional Writing also features the Jump Start option. In this option, Pittsburg State juniors and seniors who meet certain eligibility guidelines may take up to three additional courses that will count toward the MA Emphasis in Professional Writing. The Jump Start option will allow students to decrease the typical time to degree by at least a semester.