ACOM 4463 – The Editorial Function

(3 credits) 3 hours lecture

Students practice substantive editing, copy editing, and proofreading. They examine issues in reliability and correctness of fact, relation of text to graphics and layout, ethics, copyright and project management. This course draws together subjects and issues from all previous writing courses.

Prerequisite: At least four (4) Applied Communications courses from the curriculum of the Electronic Publishing or Technical Communication programs.

Note: Second or third year Applied Communications Degree students only.