Selected aspects of the publishing process 2500-OG-BK-SAPP

The course consists of a project concerning planning, preparing and launching a coherent multi-page English publication. The students will learn how to work in the publication environment. The course will be completed with individual submission of an academic multi-page editorial project in English.

Content distribution:
- Introduction and requirements; syllabus, expectations, final project description and examples (2 hrs.)
- How publishers function (4 hrs.)
- Legal issues in publishing (4 hrs.)
- Quiz (2 hrs.)
- Templates and styles; publishing academic texts: common referencing styles and their features (4 hrs.)
- Covers for academic journals (2 hrs.)
- Publication challenges: dramatic and poetic texts (2 hrs.)
- Indexing (4 hrs.)
- Project completion in class (4 hrs.)
- Feedback and conclusion (2 hrs.)

Term 2024/25L:

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Term 2025/26L:

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Total student workload

Contact hours with the teacher: - participation in classes - 30 hrs - consultations - 22 hrs Self-study hours: - preparation for classes and individual reading - 25 hrs - preparation of the composite publishing project: 23 Altogether: 100 hrs. (4 ECTS)

Learning outcomes - knowledge

The student W1: knows the legal issues connected with the organisation of the publishing process and its editorial outcomes (K_W12); W2: has in-depth knowledge of the economic and legal principles of the functioniing of publishers in Anglophone countries and in Poland (K_W13).

Learning outcomes - skills

The student U1: is able to prepare his or her academic publishing project ready for print or digital publication and is aware of the problems encountered in this process (K_U04).

Learning outcomes - social competencies

The student K1:, prepared to work in the publishing business, is aware of the potential problems and limitations related to the professional context, and of the necessity to find the required information as well as offering his/her editorial solutions (K_K02, K_K06).

Teaching methods

Expository teaching methods: - description - discussion Exploratory teaching methods: - project work - laboratory - case study

Prerequisites

This course is part of the module called Editing in Practice / Edytorstwo w praktyce.

Course coordinators

Mirosława Buchholtz
Grzegorz Koneczniak

Assessment criteria

A graded credit on the basis of the assignments assessing the level of achieving particular learning outcomes:
• A multi-page editorial project: preparation, design and launch of an academic journal (including a presentation of the project) - U1, K1
• A quiz assessing the level of knowlege of copyright gained during the course - W1, W2

Assessment criteria:
fail – 0-59 %
satisfactory – 60-69 %
satisfactory plus – 70-75 %
good – 76-85 %
good plus – 86-90 %
very good – 91-100 %

Positive/negative factors: involvement may contribute to the grade in a positive way; absences will affect the grade in a negative way.

Practical placement

N/A

Bibliography

Required reading:
Butcher's Copy-editing. The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Copy-editors and Proofreaders. Fourth edition. 2013. Cambridge University Press.
The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition. 2010. University of Chicago Press Staff.

Additional reading:
Sullivan, K.D. 2006. The McGraw-Hill Desk Reference for Editors, Writers, and Proofreaders. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Term 2024/25L:

As in "General information on the course"

Term 2025/26L:

As in "General information on the course"

Notes

Term 2024/25L:

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Term 2025/26L:

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Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 2500-OG-BK-SAPP in USOSweb