Graduate Writing Courses in Science & Engineering

The Princeton Writing Program offers three half-term courses on scientific writing so that graduate students and postdocs at any stage of their careers can develop the practices that support scientific communication through cogent and rigorous written analysis.

Please review our Frequently Asked Questions for more information about graduate writing courses.

Course Offerings

WRI 501: Reading and Writing about the Scientific Literature

New to US academic institutions? Looking for ways to read the literature in your field more efficiently? Want to practice analysis in your field?

WRI 502: Writing a Persuasive Proposal in Quantitative Disciplines

Planning a project?  Need to apply for external funding or submit a proposal to your committee?

WRI 503: Writing an Effective Scientific Research Article

Got data? Writing an article? Taking the role of central author for the team?