Manuscript, Print Culture, and Editing Minor (21 credit hours)

The Manuscript, Print Culture, and Editing minor examines the social, cultural, economic, and political history of the written word. It considers relationships among authors, editors, publishers, printers, illustrators, and booksellers as well as the reception of texts by readers, reviewers, and critics.  This minor allows students to study the production of texts through the centuries while also gaining hands-on editing experience through internal and external publishing internships.  Students will take a wide variety of courses covering a range of historical periods that have a significant emphasis on the history of reading, writing, and authorship as well as courses that focus on aspects of contemporary publishing and editing.

One of the following (3 credits)
ENGLISH 311 American Literature I
ENGLISH 317 British Literature I

One of the following (3 credits):
ENGLISH 321 American Literature II
ENGLISH 327 British Literature II
ENGLISH 331 African American Literature I
ENGLISH 333 African American Literature II

One of the following (3 credits):
ENGLISH 310 Introduction to Linguistics
ENGLISH 320 Structure of English
ENGLISH 330 History of the English Language

FOUR of the following (12 credits):
ENGLISH 405 Magazine Editing
ENGLISH 433 Histories of Reading, Writing, and Publishing (repeatable with different focus)
ENGLISH 441 Girls and Print Culture (repeatable with different focus)

ENGLISH 464 Medieval Methods and Paleography
ENGLISH 448 External Internship*
ENGLISH 449A Publication Practicum
ENGLISH 449B Publication Practicum

The following courses may also be used to fulfill the requirements for the concentration in Magazine, Print Culture, and Editing when the instructor elects this designation.  Each semester, courses so designated will be listed on the Department of English website:

ENGLISH 408, ENGLISH 410, ENGLISH 412, ENGLISH 413, ENGLISH 414, ENGLISH 415, ENGLISH 416, ENGLISH 417, ENGLISH 418, ENGLISH 422, ENGLISH 423, ENGLISH 425, ENGLISH 426, ENGLISH 427, ENGLISH 428, ENGLISH 431, ENGLISH 434, ENGLISH 440, ENGLISH 445, ENGLISH 451, ENGLISH 452, ENGLISH 453, ENGLISH 455, ENGLISH 461, ENGLISH 462, ENGLISH 463, ENGLISH 465.

*External Internship must be coordinated with a publishing house and approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies.