Catalog 2022-2023

WRI 381 Professional Editing

The purpose of this course is to introduce the principles of comprehensive editing and basic copy editing. The comprehensive editing level involves higher-order issues, such as reasoning and evidence, organization, visual design, style and use of illustrations. Basic copy editing is the final editing level, covering consistency, grammar and usage, and punctuation, for example.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

AWR 101 and AWR 201, or permission of instructor