Publishing & Writing Program Requirements
The MA in Publishing and Writing requires 40 credit hours, including:
- 24 credits of Publishing courses (includes the three required overviews and the option to do a 4-credit Master’s Project)
- 16 credits of department elective courses from Literature, Publishing, and Writing.
Beginning in Fall 2011, MA students are not required to take Literature courses.
Required Courses
| PB 680 | Magazine Publishing Overview |
| PB 683 | Book Publishing Overview |
| PB 692 | Electronic Publishing Overview |
MA Project or Course Option
Students in the MA in Publishing and Writing program may choose to produce, as a culmination of their graduate work, a project showing a professional level of accomplishment in publishing. The MA project can be a traditional thesis-type project that explores an editorial or publishing issue in depth by doing appropriate research and analysis. Alternately, it can be a project such as a magazine prototype, a book design project, a website, a book translation, or any other publishing project in which the student exhibits expertise in at least two areas within the publishing industry.
To register for a project, students must write a two-page prospectus in the semester before registering. The prospectus must be approved by the project committee chair. Students may complete a 4-credit Publishing (PB) course in place of the project.
Publishing & Writing (MA) At a glance
40-credit program
Full-time or part-time enrollment. Full-time enrollment is typically 8 or 12 credits per semester.
Fall admission
Full-time students complete the degree in two years; part-time students complete the degree in two and a half to three years.
Meet the Graduate Program Director
John Rodzvilla, Graduate Program Director for Publishing & Writing and Electronic Publisher-in-Residence, has acquired and developed non-fiction titles for Da Capo Press, Perseus Publishing, and Basic Books, including titles on business writing, weblog development, forensic science, and general non-fiction. Rodzvilla also worked at Perseus Books Group where he was part of the digital rights team that developed digital initiatives with Google, Amazon, Sony, and Microsoft.
Graduate Studies
FOR CURRENT STUDENTS
To read the Graduate Handbook and learn about research and fellowship opportunities, visit the Graduate Studies website.
