Editorial Studies - Boston University

Editorial Studies from Boston University is a Campus Master Literature degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The Editorial Institute at Boston University , which began instruction of students in 2000, was formed with the conviction that the textually sound, contextually annotated edition is central to the intellectual life of many disciplines. Its primary aims are the promotion of critical awareness of editorial issues and practices and the provision of training in editorial methods. The Institute offers advanced degrees (M.A. and Ph.D.) to students who successfully prepare either editions of important writings, with textual apparatus and annotation, or monographs concerned with editing or textual bibliography. Guidance to students is provided through courses that cover such topics as: establishing an authoritative text; the practice of annotation; current technologies for storing, disseminating, or editing information; legal and professional considerations concerning copyright and intellectual property; historical changes in the concept of authorship; the practice of annotation; and recent theorizing about texts. Students are encouraged to think widely about the applications of editing: to letters, sound archives, oral transcripts, music, manuscript fragments, legal and historical documents, journalism, notebooks, anonymous writings, and marginalia, as well as to the literary and philosophical writing most often associated with the idea of the edition. Masters Program: 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. View more details on Boston University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Literature courses.