Program: Literary Editing Minor - Weber State University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 04, 2025

2024-25 Catalog

The minor in Literary Editing introduces students to the knowledge base, skills, and practical experience needed to work in the literary publishing industry. It offers a good choice to anyone interested in literature, writing, visual design, communication, printing, or publishing, and it is an excellent complement to a variety of majors.

Program Prerequisite: None required. However, some of the individual course options have a prerequisite or corequisite, as shown below.
Grade Requirements: A grade of 2.0 or better in all courses used toward the minor.
Credit Hour Requirements: 18 credit hours, apportioned as directed below.
Program Code: 3086
CIPC: 231302

Course Requirements for Literary Editing Minor

Students will select a course/course combination from each of the 6 areas below.

Introductory Creative Writing

Students will choose one 3-credit course from the following:

ENGL 2250 CA/CC - CW: Introduction to Creative Writing Credits: (3)
ENGL 2260 CA/CC - CW: Introduction to Writing Short Fiction Credits: (3)
ENGL 2270 CA/CC - CW: Introduction to Writing Poetry Credits: (3)
ENGL 2280 CA - CW: Introduction to Writing Creative Nonfiction Credits: (3)
ENGL 2295 - CW: Introduction to Screenwriting Credits: (3)

Advanced Creative Writing

Students will choose one 3-credit course from the following:

ENGL 3240 - CW: Writing Creative Nonfiction Credits: (3)
ENGL 3250 - CW: Advanced Fiction Writing Credits: (3)
ENGL 3260 - CW: Advanced Poetry Writing Credits: (3)
ENGL 3290 - CW: Advanced Screenwriting Credits: (3)

Contemporary Creative Writing as Literature

Students will choose one 3-credit course from the following:

ENGL 3510 HU/CC - World Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 4550 - American Literature: Contemporary Credits: (3)
ENGL 4560 - Contemporary Literature for Creative Writers Credits: (3)
ENGL 4660 - British Literature: Contemporary Credits: (3)

Grammar and Editing

Students will choose one 3-credit course from the following:

ENGL 2140 - Introduction to Professional and Technical Editing Credits: (3)
ENGL 3050 - Grammar, Style, and Usage for Advanced Writing Credits: (3)
ENGL 3140 - Professional and Technical Editing Credits: (3)

Layout and Graphics

Students will choose one 3-credit course or a 3-credit course combination from the following:

ART 2420A - Bitmap Imaging Credits: (1) and
ART 2420B - Vector Drawing Credits: (1) and
ART 2420C - Digital Page Composition Credits: (1)
ART 2430 - Introduction to Graphic Design Credits: (3)
COMM 3350 - Visual Communication Credits: (3)
ENGL 3190 CEL - Document Design Credits: (3)

Practical Experience

Students will choose one 3-credit course from the following:

ENGL 4900 INT - Internships in Literary and Textual Studies Credits: (1-3)
ENGL 4960 INT - Metaphor: Editing the Student Literary Journal Credits: (3)