Embedded Certificate in Publishing and Editing

The Certificate in Publishing and Editing prepares you for the literally hundreds of careers in writing and in working with other people’s writing in both academic and nonacademic workplaces.

Learning Outcomes

1. Students will demonstrate the ability to content edit, copyedit, and proof to eliminate errors in thinking, grammar, expression, presentation, and set up, for both digital and paper-based text.
2. Students will demonstrate mastery of basic digital proficiencies in computer applications relevant to publishing and editing, such as Microsoft Word, Publisher, and Excel and Adobe Creative Suite.
3. Students will demonstrate mastery of front-of-the-house processes, such as content building, organization, and curation, table of contents design and presentation, and the crafting of and presentation of editing decisions.