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Certificate in Editing and Publishing
Jennifer Murvin, Certificate Advisor
Siceluff Hall, Room 232; Phone 417-836-5107
JMurvin@MissouriState.edu
Program description
This certificate will provide students an understanding of the editing and publication processes related to small press publishing, literary magazine publishing, professional editing, and the larger literary publishing industry through both classroom learning and experience with the Department of English’s Moon City Press and Moon City Review. This understanding provides a foundation for literary publication, preparing students for professional work in this field, including but not limited to large publishing houses, small independent presses, literary agenting and representation, editing and proofreading, entrepreneurship, and the non-profit arts sector.
Admission requirements
This certificate requires a Bachelor's degree and a 3.00 GPA; this certificate also requires additional university and Graduate College requirements for admission to a certificate program.
Program requirements (15 hours)
Required hours
Course Info | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
ENG 640* | Small Press Production | 3 hrs |
ENG 651 | Literary Publication | 3 hrs |
ENG 601 OR ENG 604 OR ENG 607 OR ENG 701** OR ENG 707** |
Choose one course from the following: Advanced Writing: Fiction OR Advanced Writing: Nonfiction OR Advanced Writing: Poetry OR Graduate Fiction Workshop OR Graduate Poetry Workshop |
3 hrs |
ENG 662 OR ENG 710 OR ENG 711 OR ENG 775 OR ENG 777 OR |
Choose 2 courses from the following: Contemporary American Poetry/Fiction OR Seminar: Fiction OR Seminar: Poetry OR Designing Technical Documents OR Professional Editing OR Seminar: Form and Theory of Prose |
6 hrs |
* Students who have taken the 500-level version of this course may choose to substitute a different course from the list of suggested elective options
** Requires permission of instructor
Completion requirements
Courses must be completed with a 3.00 GPA for successful completion of certificate.