Editing for Usage and Style

Course Syllabus

• Fall/Spring Syllabus

Course Textbook

• Open Professional and Technical Editing with Handbook

Major Assignments

• Assignment 1: Personal Editing Project

• Assignment 2: Peer Editing Project

• Assignment 3:  Client Editing Project

• Optional: Shared Editing Resource

• Final Reflective Essay

Content Modules

• Module 1: Introduction to Professional Editing

• Module 2: Organization and Structural Editing

• Module 3: Hard Copy Editing

• Module 4: Soft Copy Editing

• Module 5: Grammar & Usage Bootcamp, Part 1

• Module 6: Grammar & Usage Bootcamp, Part 2

• Module 7: Automatic Editing Tools (+AI)

• Module 8: Style Guides and Collaboration

• Module 9: Editing Across Genres

• Module 10: Editing for Style and Voice

• Module 11: Parallelism, Conciseness, and Flow 

• Module 12: Precision & Clarity

• Module 13: Editing for Visual Design