2950 - Freelance Science, Medicine & Public Health Writing

Delivery Options ON-LINE and IN-CLASS

Course Description

If you work in the scientific community or in health care and you want to write more effectively about your field, this course is for you. Whether you want to write for the mass media, specialist publications, or for your colleagues, this course will focus your thinking, sharpen your wits and ignite your writing. Come immerse yourself in the dynamic currents energizing science, medicine and public health communications with award-winning journalist Paul Webster. This course strengthens writing skills that cannot be duplicated by chatbots.

Learning Outcomes

Understand what constitutes good writing about science, medicine and public health.
Tools to make science, medicine and public health relevant, understandable and interesting to lay readers.
Become familiar with the market for journalism about science, medicine and public health.
Complete a brief story, a full news story, a blog and a short feature.
Come away with several story pitches.

This course may be applied towards the SCS Certificate(s) in

Creative Writing : Elective Courses
Multimedia Journalism : Optional Elective Group 2

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2950 - 036

Fall - 26

IN-CLASS

Available

Date and Time TBA

St. George Campus

IN-CLASS

Flat Fee non-credit

$699.00

Section Notes

This in-class course uses Quercus (UofT Learning Management Engine) to post course materials.

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2950 - 037

Fall - 26

ON-LINE

Available

Online with Real Time Meetings

6:30PM to 9:00PM

Oct 22, 2026 to Dec 10, 2026

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