WRIT 5561 is also offered in Summer 2023
WRIT 5561 is also offered in Summer 2022
WRIT 5561 is also offered in Summer 2021
Summer 2022 | WRIT 5561 Section 001: Editing and Style for Technical Communicators (81813)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
Online Course
Pre-Covid
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
Summer Session 10 wk
12:00AM - 12:00AM
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
Open (10 of 24 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog 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.
- Class 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.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/81813/1225
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 April 2020
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