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B.A. in English with a concentration in Editing, Writing, and Media
Minor in Film and Communications | Expected Graduation May 2013
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Courses included

• Writing and Editing for Print and Online
  • Analyzed and created texts in multiple mediums.
  • Remediated previous works for a different medium.
  • Created a digital portfolio with the work done throughout the semester.
• Issues in Publishing
  • Covered a variety of topics including line editing, copyediting, writing catalogue copy, budget analysis, production, promotion, negotiating contracts, pitch meetings, deadlines, ethical problems, and more.
  • Created our own spring catalogue with 18 titles. We generated our own catalogue copy, titles, authors, book covers, marketing budgets and plans, and then pitched the catalogue to the class.
  • Discussed the “digital revolution” and what it means for the publishing industry.
• Editing Manuscripts and Documents
• History of Illustrated Text
  • Analyzed images and their relationship to the text using texts as far back as the 1400s to present-day.
  • Created our own illustrated text as a final project.
• Rhetoric
• History of Text Technology
• What is a Text?