ENG (0122) 275 - Preparing for a Publishing Career

Credits: 3.00

Students will prepare for a number of career requirements, including social media content creation; discipline-specific writing, editing, publishing; and event organizing. It is a hands-on immersive experience where students will create a tangible product that will be shared with a wider audience.

Course Learning Goals: Teams of students will work to create a project in collaboration with a community partner. Accordingly, students in this course will:

Synthesize academic content and apply it to creation of materials and solution of problems;
Curate and manage literary and academic writing and critical discussion;
Utilize and integrate the principles of good editorial practice and writing for a variety of audiences;
Collaborate with other students to design materials and services and solve problems;
Exercise leadership, manage time effectively, manage project tasks and deadlines;
Develop and demonstrate professionalism, resiliency, and effective internal and external communication;
Investigate the cultures of academic editing and publishing;
Initiate and maintain a relationship, via social or more traditional media, with alumni of the department and/or local community members as a way to increase their networking abilities;
Provide weekly content for social media, including FB, IG, TikTok, and Twitter.