Tentative Course Texts

• Carolyn D. Rude, Technical Editing

Recommended Texts

• APA, Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
• College dictionary, thesaurus, and handbook of grammar and usage

Class Schedule

Week 1
Introduction to the course Writing sample and class survey
Establishing an editing log to keep track of our own patterns of error
The editor's responsibilities (Rude, Chapter 1)
Writing exercises

Week 2
Basic copymarking (Rude, Chapter 3)
Discussion and exercises
Assignment due
Readers and documents (Rude, Chapter 2)
Copyediting Style Guides (Rude, Chapter 5)

Week 3
Spelling, capitalization, and abbreviation (Rude, Chapter 7)
Style Manuals (Rude, Chapter 6)
Grammar and Usage (Rude, Chapter 8)
Exercises and quizzes

Week 4
Punctuation (Rude, Chapter 9)
Editing quantitative and technical material (Rude, Chapter 10)
Assignment due
Exercises and quizzes

Week 5
Review of copymarking
Proofreading (Rude, Chapter 11)
Assignment due

Week 6
Comprehensive editing (Rude, Chapter 12)
An introduction to style (Rude, Chapter 13)
Style exercises

Week 7
Style (Chapters in Williams as assigned; Rude, Chapter 14)
Assignment due

Week 8
Midterm exam Style (Chapters in Williams as assigned; Rude, Chapter 15)
Exercises

Week 9
Style (Exercises in Williams as assigned)

Week 10
Organization (Rude, Chapter 16)
Assignment due
Exercises

Week 11
Visual design and illustrations (Rude, Chapters 17, 18, and 20)

Week 12
Collaborating with writers (Rude, Chapter 20)
In class exercise in collaboration

Week 13
Collaboration assignment due
Legal and ethical issues (Rude, Chapter 21)

Week 14
Review for final exam