Completing this new minor will demonstrate to potential employers that students have followed a well-thought-out curriculum in editing and publishing. They will learn marketable skills to help them find good jobs with book and journal publishers and with other corporations that need communication specialists.
The Editing minor will be challenging and rigorous: students will obtain both a theoretical base for editing and considerable training and practice in skills related to editing and publishing. Thus the minor will include three courses in the history and theory of the structure of English, three courses in editing skills (plus some introduction to other aspects of the publishing industry), and one course in related computer skills.