Courses

Master of Publishing candidates must complete 49 credits. The curriculum comprises six courses (24 credits) and three projects (13 credits), offered exclusively within the program; followed by an internship (6 credits) and a research project (6 credits) that demonstrates the student’s ability to apply acquired knowledge in an industry setting.

Both the seminar and project courses of the Master of Publishing program are invigorated by the constant research activities of the Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing. Our faculty work closely with the publishing industry in researching business dynamics, Internet technologies, emergent media forms, cutting-edge design, elegant editorial insight, understanding of industry dynamics, appreciation of the historical record, and a wide range of theoretical perspectives. MPub project courses are themselves research endeavours, exploring the cutting edge of book, magazine, and new media publishing.

The MPub internship is specifically designed as a research-oriented project, aimed at producing a project report describing original research in an applied setting.

See CCSP Research and the CCSP Press for more information about current research directions at the CCSP.

Semester One: September – December

Pub 601 – Editorial Theory and Practice
Pub 602 – Design and Production Control in Publishing
Pub 605 – Book Publishing Project
Pub 800 – Publishing Industry: Structure, Function and Policy

Semester Two: January – April

Pub 600 – Topics in Publishing Management
Pub 606 – Magazine Publishing Project
Pub 607 – Publishing Technology Project
Pub 801 – History of Publishing
Pub 802 – Technology and Evolving Forms of Publishing

Semester Three: May – August

Pub 899 – Publishing Internship

Semester Four: September – December

Pub 898 – Internship Project Report