MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PUBLISHING
Under the impact of new technologies and changing marketing conditions, the publishing industry is at present evolving into an increasingly complex, high-risk business, demanding personnel who are knowledgeable about all facets of the publishing enterprise and who possess a healthy awareness of business practicalities in addition to intellectual boldness, imagination, and creative energy. As more and more publishing firms are absorbed by multimedia corporations or diversified conglomerates, it is imperative that people who aspire to enter the publishing field attain a degree of professional competence that is immediately useful to a prospective employer.

The Pace University program educates its students in all pertinent aspects of the publishing business: finance, production, sales and marketing, the legal intricacies of acquisitions and subsidiary rights, and editing. Each course in the program is structured on the principle that its subject matter is part of a cohesive body of knowledge. Therefore, all courses and seminars are organically related one to another, the whole program encompassing the publishing process from acquisition of an author’s manuscript to the consumer’s purchase of the product.
To complement the comprehensive core curriculum, students will be able through elective courses to select areas of concentration best suited to their specific talents and predilections, e.g., financial management, sales and marketing, technology and information systems, and editing. Students will have the opportunity to learn from industry professionals. The Eliot DeYoung Schein Visiting Professorship, established in June 2000, supports lectures by publishing professionals and fosters general learning in the field. Publishing students can also take advantage of a diverse group of peers who represent undergraduate and graduate programs from every region of the U.S. and five continents. The program aims to foster in students a respect for and appreciation of the traditional values and responsibilities of the publisher as a disseminator of knowledge, ideas, and culture.

Prerequisite
Bachelor's degree. Knowledge of basic computer skills is required. Students who are unable to meet the computer requirement at the time of their admission to the program will be able to make up this deficiency by taking a computer workshop during their first semester of study.

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