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Master’s Degree Program
As detailed in the Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences Bulletin, eight semester courses
(32 credits) and a thesis related
to editing are required for the degree. In addition to the five
required Editorial Institute courses, students take at least one
related course in another department at the University and at least
one directed study; the eighth course may be a related course or
a directed study. All three courses must be relevant to the subject
of the thesis, and approved by the student’s faculty advisor.
Courses for the Master’s Degree
The Theory and Practice of Literary Editing (CAS EI 501)
An introduction to the theory, practice, and principles of editorial
decisions, such as questions of modernization, revision, and annotation.
The course features several speakers and attends to notable editorial
achievements.
Textual Scholarship (CAS EI 503)
Fundamentals of textual scholarship: bibliography, paleography,
typography, textual criticism, and annotation.
Topics in Textual Scholarship and the History of Western Society:
The History of the Book (CAS EI 506)
Investigates the impact of print technology on society from the
fifteenth century to the present, considering the sociology and
politics of publishing, writing and reading practices, concepts
of authorship and copyright, censorship and control of the press,
and the future of the book.
Editing and Publishing (CAS EI 507)
An introduction to the role of the editor in book publishing, from commissioning to
copy-editing and production, looking at author-relations; specific kinds of book;
aspects of internal construction (including preliminary pages, cross-referencing, indexes);
and the visual and physical realization of the book (content- and copy-editing, design and
origination methods, costings) and their impact. Featuring guest speakers from different
publishing houses.
Editing Across the Disciplines (CAS EI 508)
Bringing together expertise from different areas of the University, this course will introduce
students to the purpose, practices, and effects of editing, broadly defined, in disciplines as
diverse as musicology and Biblical studies, philosophy and classics.
Directed Study (GRS EI 901/902)
Supervised research toward the Master's thesis.
Please see the Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences Bulletin and the College
of Arts and Sciences Bulletin to review related courses in other
University departments.
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