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Schedule (subject to change )
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Activity/Reading
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Mon 1/28 |
course description, goals, policies, student questionnaire, diagnostic
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Wed 1/30 |
Rude Ch. 1, “Editing: The Big Picture,” Look over “Contents,” in Rude
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| Mon 2/4 |
Rude Ch. 2, “Readers, Users, Browsers, Rude, Problem Solvers,” 19 - 31 |
| Wed 2/6 |
Rude Ch. 4, “Marking Paper Copy,” 49-63 and ch.23, 398-406
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Mon 2/11
NMC |
Rude, Ch. 6, “Electronic Editing,” 83 - 101
Rude, Ch. 21, “Editing Websites, 367-379 |
| Wed 2/13 |
Rude Ch. 7, “Basic Copyediting: An Introduction,” 107 - 121
Rude “Glossary,” 452 - 462/ bring a small book/textbook for comparison
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Mon 2/18
NMC |
Rude, Ch. 8, “Copyediting for Consistency,” 124 - 137 |
| Wed 2/20 |
Rude, Ch. 10, “Grammar and Usage,” 152 - 167/ Introduce editor interview assignment |
Mon 2/25
NMC |
Rude, Ch. 9, “Spelling, Capitalization, and Abbreviations,” 139 - 149/
Introduce Take-home Midterm |
| Wed 2/27 |
Rude, Ch. 16, “Style: Verbs and Other Words,” 266 - 281
Rude, Ch. 15, “Style: Definition and Sentence Structures,” 250 - 262
Due: choice of document |
Mon 3/ 3
NMC |
Rude, Ch. 17, pp. 284-294
Rude, Ch. 18, pp. 304-317
Williams, Ch. 1 |
| Wed 3/5 |
Rude, Ch. 11, “Punctuation,” 173 - 191
Rude, Ch. 13, “Proofreading,” 214 - 225
DUE: Draft of mid-term |
Mon 3/10
NMC |
Read: Williams Ch. 2, 3 |
| Wed 3/12 |
MIDTERM TAKE HOME EXAM DUE (Style Sheet)/
Interview reports |
| Spring Break |
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NMC
Mon 3/ 24 |
Rude, Chapter 14, Comprehensive editing
Rude, Ch. 3, “Collaborating with Writers,” 35 – 44
Introduce Document Revision assignment |
| Wed 3/26 |
Williams, Ch. 4/ Interview reports continued/ Schedule conferences |
| Mon 3/31 |
Conferences (no class, bring document to be revised) |
| Wed 4/2 |
Conferences (no class, bring document to be revised) |
| Mon 4/7 NMC |
Williams, Ch. 5/ Group Project on Document design organization begins |
Wed 4/9
NMC |
Williams, Ch.6 |
NMC
Mon 4/ 14 |
Williams, Ch. 7 |
NMC
Wed 4/16 |
Williams, - Chs. 8 & 9 |
NMC
Mon 4/21 |
Draft Group Project DUE/ Document Design Workshop
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NMC
Wed 4/23 |
Williams, Ch. 10 |
NMC
Mon 4/28 |
Document Design Project DUE |
| Wed 4/30 |
DRAFT FINAL PROJECT DUE
Workshop |
NMC
Mon 5/5 |
Rude, Ch. 20, “Editing for Global Contexts,” 347 – 365 |
| Wed 5/7 |
FINAL PROJECT DUE Final exam preview, course evaluations
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| Mon 5/12 |
Rude, Ch. 22, “Legal and Ethical Issues in Editing,” 383 – 395 |
TBA |
FINAL EXAM
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