ENGCMP 1906 - PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: WRITING, EDITING, OR PR

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description This course offers an exciting opportunity for students who have taken at least a couple of PPW or Writing courses: Professional Experience at Sampsonia Way, the literary journal of City of Asylum/Pittsburgh. http://www.sampsoniaway.org The PPW program is teaming up with City of Asylum to produce the magazine. The course is for responsible students who are interested in writing for this journal or running social media to promote the journal. The team will work with a teacher who will serve as managing editor and also faculty member in charge of the project. The group will learn about writing, editing, and PR while producing the online literary magazine. You can also expect to learn more about free speech and social justice while working with writers who are under threat in their home countries. Weekly meetings on campus will focus on learning about the context for the work, learning good practices for professional writing, editing, and PR, reading work by writers in exile, and workshopping your articles for publication. Interviews for articles will be in-person or via Skype. Expect to spend 10-12 hours a week working on this project. You will also need to attend class. A monthly meeting will be held at City of Asylum on the Northside (easily accessible by bus).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212 or 0213 or 0214) or FP (0003 or 0006) *Applies to all WRIT Courses*
Course Attributes: Undergraduate Research, Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)

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