ENC 4212 Fall 2018 Neal

A cohort writing practicum (ENC 4212 for undergraduates and as ENC 5217 for graduate students) that can count as a stand-alone elective or can apply to English's 12-hour Graduate Certificate in Publishing and Editing. Both section focus on improving writing and editing proficiency across various non-fiction genres. The primary textbook is Amy Einsohn's The Copyeditor's Handbook, which will be supplemented with online resources. The course will include writing and editing a client-based project. Students can also work on their own research and writing projects, including conference papers, honors theses, graduate theses or dissertations, academic publications, grants, and commercial publications. The course will consist of class work and tests on editing for correctness and style, editorial feedback, and workshops. Students will produce a portfolio of professionally edited work as a final project.