Instr: Carolyn Kott Washburne
Office: CRT 574; 229-2709
e-mail: ckw@uwm.edu
Office hours: TBA
Course Information: W 4:30 - 7:10; HLT G88
Students in this course will learn the essentials of: targeting copy for specific audiences, preparing manuscripts for publication (including content editing, copy editing, and proofreading), the production process, the business aspects of publishing, and the fundamentals of layout and design. Although the course will emphasize nonfiction, general audience magazines and books, other types of publications will also be covered, including academic, professional, and trade publications. The assignments are:
Graduate Students: Additional assignment of their choice.
Grading:| Working with copy assignments | 25% |
| Book proposal, production process report | 25% |
| Group publication | 25% |
| All other assignments, class participation, effort, improvement | 25% |
