Further your writing skills, career opportunities and personal development through our flexible, accessible and inclusive online courses.

How to Write a Novel

Take your novel from concept to completion with this series of non-credit online courses created by our fiction professors Nancy Lee and Annabel Lyon.

Hosted on Harvard and MIT’s innovative edX learning platform, these non-credit courses are open to anyone and run several times per year.


Professional Certificate in Writing For Video Games

Learn how to write for video games and advance your career in one of the world’s most exciting creative industries.

In this Professional Certificate Program you’ll learn the tools and techniques of writing for video games in a comprehensive program designed by successful, working game writers and teachers. From story and character development to worldbuilding and interactive narrative, this Certificate will help you excel in a creative field that requires creative, flexible team players.