The Certificate in Literary Editing and Publishing is designed to provide foundational knowledge and experience in the professional practices of literary editing and publishing. Students in the program work on the publication of the Watershed Review, participate in the production of chapbooks, hone their creative writing skills across a variety of genres, and complete an internship.

This certificate provides training in editing, copyediting, selection procedures and standards, publishing procedures, graphics, printing technologies, social networking, and web design marketing.

Grading Requirement

All courses taken to fulfill program course requirements must be taken for a letter grade except those courses specified by the department as credit/no credit grading only.

A GPA of 2.5 is required for all courses taken for the certificate.

Course Requirements for the Certificate

The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this certificate.

Course List

Course	Title	Units
ENGL 220W	Beginning Creative Writing (W)	4
ENGL 315	Introduction to Literary Editing and Publishing	4
ENGL 415	Editing Literary Magazines	4
ENGL 419	Chapbook Production	4
ENGL 489	Internship in English 1	3
Select two of the following:		8
ENGL 320W	Poetry Writing (W)
ENGL 321W	Fiction Writing (W)
ENGL 327W	Creative Nonfiction Writing (W)
ENGL 420	Advanced Poetry Writing
ENGL 421	Advanced Fiction and Nonfiction Writing
Select one of the following:		3
ENGL 330W	Introduction to Technical Writing (W)
ENGL 356	Literature, Politics, and Activism
ENGL 375	Introduction to English Grammar
Total Units		30

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Must be taken for three units.