ENGL 407 - Professional Editing

Credits: (3)

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture.
Prerequisites: ENGL 306.
Prepares students to analyze the readability of professional documents written in the workplace (e.g., instructions, user manuals, abstracts, proposals), and to deal with problems of correctness, consistency, clarity, organization and rhetorical effectiveness of language and layout. Realistic weekly assignments include excerpts from technical manuals, insurance and government documents, instructions and reports.

Note(s): Applied Learning designated course.