Editing and Publishing
Engaging in the Major
While each major has a course of study with requirements and a progress report, there is also an opportunity to have a course of experience to coincide with those requirements which can expand the experience you have while you are at BYU. Fully engaging in your major can ensure you make the most of the time you spend here.
Tips and tricks:
● Take ling 198 earlier rather than later. It is a very useful informative course that can help expose you to all the different career and graduate school possibilities available to you.
● You can take eling 410 and 430 a second time to count in requirement 5 as an elective. This can give you more experience in editing and you will leave with more work product.
● You can take eling 495r the senior course in either your last or penultimate semester. It is an r course, so you will want to check the “header” on the registration page both semesters to see if you are interested in the specific sub topic to determine when to take it.
● You can take two of the requirement 6 courses and have one of them count in
requirement 5 if one of the courses is upper division, just let your advisor know and they can make the substitution.
Competencies and Careers
Editing and publishing requires all students to complete 1 hour of internship through the ling 399r course or there is the editing 351r editing student journals course option. You can do more than one hour for either but only one is currently required.
Nicole Bay nicole_bay@byu.edu is our internship coordinator and keeps a great page advertising interesting internship and career options linked below. She also has an approval form on the page walking you through the process of getting an internship approved by her.
https://ling.byu.edu/jobs-and-internships
Handshake is another excellent source for finding internships if you have an idea of what you are hoping to do but need a little help nailing it down:
Handshake: How To Complete Your Profile
Editing & Publishing Recommended Course Progression
Course Planning:
Editing and publishing is a carefully planned major with pre-requisites designed to progress you through skills and competencies so that you eventually are prepared and able take eling 430r asa member of a team at a campus publication. This course is hands-on with mentoring and
feedback provided along the way.
A common way to begin is in requirement one with Eling 223, 273 and Ling 198. Eling 322, 324 and 325 next set you up to move on to requirement 2. Taking dight 230 and eling 350 prepare you to take eling 410 and then once you have passed 410 you are able to register for 430 at a publication. Mixing in requirement 3, 5, and 6 courses after your second semester in the major allows you to mix and match your schedule to fit your interests.
Funding and Internships
There are lots of ways to get funding help in our major, please do not let money be a reason you miss out on all the great opportunities BYU has to offer!
Campus Resources
Research and writing center: https://rwc.byu.edu
Accessibility center: https://access.byu.edu/accommodations
Learn anywhere: https://learnanywhere.byu.edu/campus-resources
Financial aid contact: amber_cook@byu.edu
Student leadership: https://studentleadership.byu.edu/
Free tutoring: https://yserve.byu.edu/tutoring
Academic Support: https://aso.byu.edu/
Participate in research: Our department is constantly involved in a variety of research projects and is looking for student assistance. You can get course credit and sometimes money participating in the research. Linked below is a page where a lot of the research being done is advertised but you can also pitch topics to your professor to do mentored research as well!
https://ling.byu.edu/participate-in-research
Our faculty produce high-quality, peer-reviewed research across many fields. Faculty publications are regularly reviewed on our News page. You can also view our faculty's directory information (including personal bios) and research interests. We regularly engage students in our research, and students often co-present this research at national and international conferences. They can also become co-authors on peer-reviewed articles with faculty members. Both graduate and undergraduate students can engage in research with faculty members through various research groups. Students can obtain funding for research and conference travel through the department or through College of Humanities HUM Grants.
Getting Involved
Study Abroad
Language in Britain, Linguistics in Ecuador, and English Language Teaching in Thailand.
FAQ's
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Toggle ItemWhich minors do Editing and Publishing students commonly have?
- Digital Humanities
- Professional writing and communication
- Creative writing
- Communications
- Linguistics
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Toggle ItemHow can I get ideas for what to do for my internship?
Nicole Bay nicole_bay@byu.edu is the internship coordinator for our major and is a great person to talk about ideas and possibilities with as well as our career director Christian Sagers christian_sagers@byu.edu. Handshake is another excellent resource to consult as all BYU students can have a free account https://byu.joinhandshake.com/login Just make sure you get the internship approved with Professor Bay before you begin through here: https://ling.byu.edu/jobs-and-internships/
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Toggle ItemWhere can I see a list of all the minors I can use for requirement 4?
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Toggle ItemWhy isn't requirement 4 showing as completed on my progress report?
Unfortunately this requirement has to be manually closed by your advisor. If you have taken a foreign language class at 201 or higher (106 for spanish) or if you have completed a minor, contact Jon Cook at jon_cook@byu.edu and he can approve that for you.