Do you want a career in editing or publishing that transforms ideas and launches them into the world? Classes in writing, rhetoric, web design, or digital media create a pathway to a career where your skills will set you apart. Shape ideas into impactful content as a technical editor, using your skills in critical reading, research, and project management. Apply your understanding of rhetorical analysis, visual theory, and popular culture as a web designer, crafting webpages and sites that stop the scroll. Work in publishing as a literary agent or rights manager and apply the analysis and critical thinking skills you developed in your classes. Polish the language of authors as a copyeditor, or amplify the voices of those authors and help them find their audiences as a publicist. Following this pathway, you won’t just read or create content; you’ll launch it, protect it, refine it, and grow its reach.

If you have additional questions regarding career pathways, please contact your academic advisor.

Possible careers

  • Acquisitions Editor
  • Copyeditor
  • Graphic Designer
  • Publicist
  • Licensing Associate
  • Literary Agent
  • Managing Editor
  • Rights Manager
  • Sales Assistant

Possible courses

The courses listed below are options available if you are interested in a career in Editing and Publishing, allowing you to customize your degree and build expertise relevant to your career interests. Please check out the schedule of classes for availability and meet with your academic advisor to create your academic plan that meets the requirements for your major.

  • ENGL 2200: Descriptive English Grammar
  • ENGL 2750: Analysis of Popular Culture Texts
  • ENGL 2250, 2260, 2270, 2280–Surveys of British and American Literature
  • ENGL 3030: Free-Lance Writing for Popular Magazines
  • ENGL 3040: Creative Writing: Fiction
  • ENGL 3050: Creative Writing: Non-Fiction
  • ENGL 3080: Writing Women’s Lives
  • SPCM 3120 Business and Professional Speaking
  • ENGL 3130: Rhetorical Website Design
  • ENGL 3460: American Indian Literature
  • ENGL 3470: African American Literature
  • ENGL 3530, 3540: Surveys of World Literature, Western Foundations to the Present
  • ENGL 3070: Shakespeare
  • ENGL 3890: Postcolonial Literature
  • ENGL 4150: Business and Technical Editing
  • ENGL 4160: Visual Aspects of Business and Technical Communication

Frequently asked questions

The courses listed for each pathway are options available if you are interested in a career in the particular pathway, allowing you to customize your major or minor and build expertise relevant to your career interests. Please check out the schedule of classes for availability and meet with your academic advisor to create your academic plan.

No, the pathways are resources to help you identify courses that are relevant to your career interests and to customize your degree program.

Absolutely!

No, the pathways are resources to help you customize your major and are not degree programs or certificates.