ENC 5217 Fall 2018 Neal

ENC 5217 is a pass/fail writing and editing practicum offered for graduate students as a cohort with ENC 4212, a letter-graded course for undergraduates. The graduate section counts toward the 12-hour Graduate Certificate in Publishing and Editing or as an elective. The undergraduate section can count as an upper-level EWM requirement or as an upper-level English elective. This course emphasizes the need for students to produce well-constructed, polished texts for a variety of audiences with varying expectations. The workshop also incorporates a rigorous professional refresher on grammar, punctuation, and usage; writing mechanics and copyediting practices; and developmental editing. Students will write and edit their own texts, make editorial notes on other’s texts, and edit for page layout and design.

Students will write and edit in genres most appropriate for their academic and professional goals. Graduate students are encouraged to work with conference papers, manuscripts for publication, and sections of larger works such as dissertations or theses. Undergraduate students may select to work with academic or professional genres that fit their goals for the program. All students will take objective editing tests modeled after industry-standard tests commonly administered when applying for an editorial position. The primary textbooks for the class is the most recent edition of Amy Einsohn’s The Copyeditor's Handbook.