WRIT 371 Editing

This course covers editing principles and techniques. Topics include how readers use and comprehend texts, the editor's role in the publication process, the writer/editor relationship, and editing for organization, format, style, grammar, punctuation, usage, consistency and accuracy. Students edit a variety of texts, including technical documents and newsletter articles in print and online.

Prerequisites

WRIT 231: Writing II

Special information

Overlaps with TCID 371. Note: Students are recommended to have completed Goal 01: Communication requirements. Students are responsible to both be aware of and abide by prerequisites for TCID courses for which they enroll, and will be administratively dropped from a course if they have not met prerequisites. Contact your advisor with questions.

4 Undergraduate credits

Effective August 1, 1998 to present

Meets graduation requirements for

Learning outcomes

General

Edit effectively for comprehensive issues, such as organization, format, and appropriateness to audience.
Develop critical thinking skills (analysis, imagination, synthesis, and evaluation).
Develop editorial judgment: able to decide what is appropriate content and what meets the needs of readers, writers, and editors.
Edit effectively for accuracy, consistency, style, visual effectiveness, and completeness.
Know conventions of standard English sufficiently to edit for grammar and mechanics.
Understand an editor's multiple roles (making decisions, developing sources, working with writers, editing for content, and copyediting for punctuation, grammar, and style).
Understand the editor's role in publication process and can complete an editing task from idea to publication.

Summer 2024

Section	Title	Instructor	books	eservices
21	Editing	Cipriani, Belo M	Books for WRIT-371-21 Summer 2024	Course details for WRIT-371-21 Summer 2024

Spring 2025

Section	Title	Instructor	books	eservices
50	Editing	Cipriani, Belo M	Books for WRIT-371-50 Spring 2025	Course details for WRIT-371-50 Spring 2025