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WRIT 5561 - Editing and Style for Technical Communicators (3 Cr.) Online may be available

Writing Studies Department (10994) TCLA - College of Liberal Arts

Course description

In this course, students learn strategies for editing and revising writing for technical and non-technical audiences. Students practice three levels of editing skills: proofreading, copyediting, and comprehensive editing. Strategies include advanced grammar and style, editing tools, quantitative data, global documents, and various style guides. Students also examine an editor’s role with authors, in organizations, in global contexts, and in ethical situations. Editing projects focus on the three levels of editing, using proficient methods, collaborating between authors and editors, identifying audience and contexts, editing documents according to style guides, and using rhetorical principles to analyze and edit final documents.

Minimum credits

3

Maximum credits

3

Is this course repeatable?

No

Grading basis

A-F - A-F Grade Basis

Discussion

Requirements

000017

Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?

No

Typically offered term(s)

Every Summer