Composition of English texts 2510-f2ENG2W-CET

https://moodle.umk.pl/course/view.php?id=1602 (term 2022/23Z)
https://moodle.umk.pl/course/view.php?id=5649 (term 2023/24Z)
https://moodle.umk.pl/course/view.php?id=5649 (term 2024/25Z)

The course comprises exercises which aim at gaining knowledge and skills concerning the use of editing and desktop-publishing solutions in English text composition. Laboratory tasks include textual and graphic designs (for Anglophone literary works and artefacts of culture). The course will also comprise cover and poster design by means of DTP software. The students will learn how to combine graphics and typographical elements on the basis of layout design exercises.
Content distribution:
 Introduction and requirements
 Correction and peer correction of editing projects, completion of past projects
 Individual correction task (project 1)
 Introduction to cover designs (literary works)
 Cover design – practice and guided project (literary works)
 Cover design ¬– academic journals and edited volumes
 Individual cover design (project 2)
 Feedback and conclusion

Term 2023/24Z:

Content distribution:
 Introduction and requirements
 Correction and peer correction of editing projects
 Individual correction task (project 1)
 Introduction to cover designs (literary works)
 Cover design – practice and guided project (literary works)
 Cover design ¬– academic journals and edited volumes
 Individual cover design (project 2)
 Feedback and conclusion

Term 2024/25Z:

Content distribution:
 Introduction and requirements
 Correction and peer correction of editing projects, completion of past projects
 Individual correction task (project 1)
 Introduction to cover designs (literary works)
 Cover design – practice and guided project (literary works)
 Cover design ¬– academic journals and edited volumes
 Individual cover design (project 2)
 Feedback and conclusion

Total student workload

Contact hours with the teacher: - participation in classes - 30 hrs Altogether: 30 hrs (1 ECTS)

Learning outcomes - knowledge

The student W1: has profound knowledge of the English language used in desktop publishing (DTP) (K_W04) W2: has profound knowledge of the connection of language studies and DTP (K_W08)

Learning outcomes - skills

The student U1: is able to prepare an English text (with graphic elements) and use his or her typographical and editorial solutions in order to typeset it in the DTP software (K_U11, K_U14) (K_U11) U2: is capable of creating a cover for a literary work by means of the DTP software and in compliance with the rules of typography and layout design (K_U14) U3: can typeset a literary book-form text ready for publication, with the proper care of source use, editing and typography, and by means of the InDesign DTP software (K_U11, K_U14)

Learning outcomes - social competencies

The student K1: is aware of the necessity to relate the cover design to the aesthetic and literary qualities of the given work and to the audience (K_K04)

Teaching methods

Expository teaching methods: - discussion Exploratory teaching methods: - project work - computer laboratory Online teaching methods: methods referring to authentic or fictitious situations

Prerequisites

Please mind this course is a continuation of English Text Editing and Typography (spring term) and prior skills covered in that course are required to successfully participate in it.

Course coordinators

Grzegorz Koneczniak

Assessment criteria

A graded credit on the basis of the assignments assessing the level of achieving particular learning outcomes:

Individual project 1 (book layout – error correction) – W1, U1, U3 (45%)
Individual project 2 (cover design – literary work / academic journal) – W2, K1, U2 (45%)
In-class activity – W1, W2, U1, U2, U3, K1 (10%)

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

Practical placement

Not applicable

Bibliography

Required reading:
The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition. [selected sections only]
Samara Timothy. 2006. Typography Workbook: A Real-world Guide to Using Type in Graphic Design. Rockport Publishers. [selected sections only]
Additional reading:
Komza, Małgorzata (red.). 2012. Poszukiwanie odpowiedniej formy. Rola wydawcy, typografa, artysty i technologii w pracy nad książką. Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego [selected essays depending on students’ interests].

Term 2023/24Z:

As in Part "A".

Term 2024/25Z:

As in Part "A".

Notes

Term 2023/24Z:

N/A

Term 2024/25Z:

N/A

Additional information

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

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