Publishing Microcredential

This microcredential is designed for students interested in editing, publishing, or literary marketing/publicity. Focusing on integrative and applied learning, students will gain skills that prepare them for careers in the publishing field.

Requirements:

Academic Coursework

ENGL 201 - Foundations of Creative Writing Credit(s): 4
ENGL 426 - Editing and Production Workshop Credit(s): 4
ENGL 428 - Editing and Production Workshop II Credit(s): 4

Integrative & Applied Learning Experience

Options include:

Serving for a minimum of one semester as an editor for a campus publication other than Gandy Dancer (i.e. Recess, Iris, Her Campus, The Lamron, etc.).
Interning for a national or regional publication, journal, press, and/or literary agency (i.e. BOA Editions, Writers & Books, Tiger Bark Press, Open Letters, Adirondack Review, The International Yeats Society Journal, Ugly Duckling Press, Harper Collins, Dystel and Goederich, Scholastic Books, International Yeats Society, etc.).
Developing and completing a relevant directed study project with faculty supervision.

Self-Reflective Essay

Self-reflective essay at the conclusion of the applied learning experience. This assignment may be modeled on the attached IAL Writing handout.