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| Class pages > English 4543: Technical Editing | |
English 4543: Technical EditingFall 1999 Textbook Carolyn Rude’s Technical Editing, available at the bookstore. Course Requirements This course will introduce you to the elements of technical editing. We will cover copy editing, comprehensive editing, and the basics of management and production. As you learn editing skills, we will also discuss issues about conventional correctness in language, how to avoid conflict with authors, and how an editor can be smoothly integrated into the production process. Assignments will include a copy edit, a comprehensive edit with an explanation of editorial changes, a brief paper tracing the history of a particular usage issue (split infinitives, which vs. that, capitalization, etc.), a brief paper comparing the pros and cons of two major style manuals, and various smaller in-class and out-of-class activities, many of which will be collaborative. Assignments and Grade Breakdown Assignments will be graded on the following scale.
All assignments must be turned in on time. If you are absent on a day an assignment is due, it is your responsibility to make arrangements to turn your work in as soon as possible. If you don’t contact me with an explanation, I will not accept late work except under very unusual circumstances. Attendance I expect you to communicate with me if you need to miss class; you are responsible for finding out what you missed. Please call me or come see me so we can arrange for you to make up any in-class exercise you miss. I suggest you exchange numbers with one or two other students in class so you can get lecture notes and exercises for days you missed. Needless to say, excessive absence will hurt your grade. Course Schedule UNIT 1: General Introduction
UNIT 2: Basic Copyediting
UNIT 3: Comprehensive Editing
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