WRIT 3111 - Professional Editing

3 Credit Hours 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours
Prerequisites ENGL 2110.
Professional Editing is a course that prepares students to become professional editors and information designers. Students will learn proofreading and copy editing skills, as well as comprehensive editing procedures, including what is required in working with an author from a document’s inception to its completion. The process of editing will be studied from the perspective of the rhetorical context so that students learn how to edit and design a document to fulfill both the audience’s needs as well as the author’s purpose. The techniques of editing, including proofreading and copy editing for style, grammar, punctuation, and visual design, and the communication skills required of an editor will be learned through hands-on training and real-world assignments that give students ample practice in applying the principles of editing.