Editing for Usage and Style

Course Syllabi

• Fall/Spring Syllabus

• Summer 8-Week Syllabus

• Summer 5-Week 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

• EC: 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, Part 1

• Module 6: Grammar & Usage, Part 2

• Module 7: Automatic Editing Tools (+AI) (ch 4

• Module 8: Editing for Style and Voice (ch 5

• Module 9: Parallelism, Conciseness, and Flow (ch 6)

• Module 10: Precision & Clarity (ch 7)

• Module 11: Editing for Visual Design (ch 9, 10, 11)

• Module 12: Style Guides and Collaboration (ch 12 & 13)

• Module 13: Editing Across Genres (ch 13)