MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing
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What is Science Writing?

Science writing means writing about science, medicine, mathematics, engineering, or technology for general readers. Science writing appears in magazines and newspapers, popular books, television and radio programs, museum exhibits, educational games, online documentaries, and in multimedia projects. Science writing makes highly technical research about anything from genetic engineering to artificial intelligence to quasars understandable to readers who do not have a scientific background.

Science writing is not the same thing as scientific or technical writing, which is aimed at other specialists within a certain field. You might find technical writing in lab papers, how-to manuals, and peer-reviewed research articles in scientific journals, but producing this type of work is not the focus of our program.

Our program provides students with the skills they need to critically examine scientific research as well as its larger social and historical contexts, question scientists and engineers without treating their work as immune to criticism, and keep the public informed about pivotal science and policy issues that shape modern life.

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