2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ENG 2031 - History and Art of Publishing


Credit(s): 3

This course teaches the basic principles and fundamentals of literary magazine editing, production and layout. This includes the fundamentals of editorial selection, the processing and managing of submissions, editorial discussions of submitted material, editorial correspondence (rejections and acceptances), ordering of the final manuscript and preparation of the electronic manuscript for typesetting. Students are responsible for producing and publishing an edition of the journal over the course of the semester. Students act as editors and editorial assistants, reading, identifying and selecting well-written manuscript submissions, as well as selecting art. They also work in both production and marketing; develop skills in evaluating and reading copy and editing prose and poetry; evaluate art and photography; developing skills in layout and production; and interview and write articles on contemporary writers. This is primarily a lab course, academic in nature.

Prerequisites: ENG 1071  

Offering Location: Johnson



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