Copyediting II (WCWP-40237)
10 Weeks | $595 | Online
Practice judicious and defensible editing in Copyediting II so you can master how to thrive as a copyeditor (or “copy editor”) in the modern-day workplace. This class will prepare you for Copyediting III and acquaint you with a medium edit, one of the three levels of copyediting covered in the program. It will also give you a solid grounding in fostering healthy author-editor relationships, recognizing bias in language, mastering common editorial practices, and addressing subjective writing errors. Copyediting II is focused not only on acquainting you with the purpose of a medium edit, but also conducting a medium edit. You will be continually challenged to maintain the author’s voice and meaning, while correcting subjective errors that result in convoluted writing. This course will also introduce you to the professional art of querying so you can practice communicating with the author through sensitive and appropriate copyediting inquiries. We will study parallelism and sentence structure to address bias in language and math or statistical information, and how to best edit and present factual information. You will also have the opportunity to understand copyediting as a business venture, as well as how to freelance copyedit and best practices associated with both.
What You Will Learn:
- Gain additional practice with style sheets and electronic editing.
- Delve deeper into The Chicago Manual of Style, editing for standardized content style.
- Explore varying editorial best practices.
- Perform a medium edit—revising and improving those language elements identified in class.
- Find answers to usage questions in The Chicago Manual of Style.
- Use professional queries to provide feedback to authors.
- Nominalizations and tackling wordiness.
- Apply bias-free language usage.
- Demonstrate the essentials of web editing.
Quarters Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall | Online
Prerequisite: Copyediting I (WCWP-40236)
Next class: To continue progress in the Copyediting Certificate, the next class is Copyediting III.
Contact: For more information about this course, please email ahl@ucsd.edu.
Note: Fulfills 3 units toward requirements for the Copyediting Certificate. This online course is not self-paced. There are assignments and readings with weekly due dates. Please purchase textbooks before class begins.
Course Number: WCWP-40237
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Copyediting
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4/5/2021 - 6/12/2021
$595
Online
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CLASS TYPE:
Online Asynchronous.
All instruction and course materials delivered and completed online between the published course start and end dates.
Murray, Caryn
Caryn Eve Murray teaches for UC San Diego Extension’s Copyediting Certificate Program . She comes to the program with more than 40 years’ experience as a newspaper writer and editor. She has worked for the Times Herald-Record (Middletown, N.Y.), New York Newsday, and Long Island Newsday. She has been a general assignment reporter, business writer, feature writer and Sunday magazine columnist as well as an assistant editor on the night news desk. She is presently working as a copyeditor for BuzzFeed. Caryn, who holds an amateur radio operator’s license from the FCC, is also an editor and writer for Amateur Radio Newsline, a 30-plus-year-old weekly newscast serving the world’s radio amateurs. She previously taught copyediting at Montclair State University in New J...Read More
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TEXTBOOKS:
REQUIREDThe Chicago Manual of Style (Hard copy or online version accepted.) 17th
by
ISBN / ASIN: 9780226287058
The Copyeditor's Handbook 4th
by Amy Einsohn and Marilyn Schwartz
ISBN / ASIN: 9780520286726
The Copyeditor's Workbook 1st
by Amy Buky, Marilyn Schwarts, Amy Einsohn
ISBN / ASIN: 9780520294356
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Hardcover or paid online subscription is acceptable: https://merriam-webster.com/) 11th
by Merriam-Webster's
ISBN / ASIN: 9780877798071
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
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POLICIES:
Early enrollment advised.
Prerequisite required.
No refunds after: 4/9/2021.
1st no meeting date: 5/31/2021.
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NOTE:
This is an online course. There are no face-to-face class sessions. You will have access to this class on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed. To login to your course, go to your MyExtension account, select My Courses, select this course and then click the link that appears in the LOCATION section.Prerequisites for this section are Copyediting I (WCWP-40236).
4/5/2021 - 6/12/2021
extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
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4/5/2021 - 6/12/2021
$595
Online
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CLASS TYPE:
Online Asynchronous.
All instruction and course materials delivered and completed online between the published course start and end dates.
Steele, Christine
Christine Steele is an editor/writer with more than 25 years of experience, 12 of them in financial services. She’s launched 100+-page corporate style guides; established editing best practices in London, England; and edited books on historical fiction and retirement. She has also freelanced as Steele Editing & Writing.
She is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Editorial Freelancers Association, and a lifetime member and past board member of ACES: The Society for Editing. She has a bachelor’s degree in Communication Arts from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and a combined certificate in Print/Broadcast Journalism from UCLA Extension.
Christine is known for sharing her passion for words and loves the ampersand. She encourages o...Read More
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TEXTBOOKS:
REQUIREDThe Chicago Manual of Style (Hard copy or online version accepted.) 17th
by
ISBN / ASIN: 9780226287058
The Copyeditor's Handbook 4th
by Amy Einsohn and Marilyn Schwartz
ISBN / ASIN: 9780520286726
The Copyeditor's Workbook 1st
by Amy Buky, Marilyn Schwarts, Amy Einsohn
ISBN / ASIN: 9780520294356
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Hardcover or paid online subscription is acceptable: https://merriam-webster.com/) 11th
by Merriam-Webster's
ISBN / ASIN: 9780877798071
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
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POLICIES:
Early enrollment advised.
Prerequisite required.
No refunds after: 4/9/2021.
1st no meeting date: 5/31/2021.
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NOTE:
This is an online course. There are no face-to-face class sessions. You will have access to this class on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed. To login to your course, go to your MyExtension account, select My Courses, select this course and then click the link that appears in the LOCATION section.Prerequisites for this section are Copyediting I (WCWP-40236).
4/5/2021 - 6/12/2021
extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
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4/5/2021 - 6/12/2021
$595
Online
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CLASS TYPE:
Online Asynchronous.
All instruction and course materials delivered and completed online between the published course start and end dates.
Sanders, Suzanne
Suzanne Sanders teaches Grammar Lab , Copyediting I , Copyediting II , and Copyediting III for UC San Diego Extension's Copyediting Certificate Program . She has more than 20 years of experience in many areas of the editing field. Most recently, she was an assistant professor of English, co-chair of the English department and faculty adviser for the student newspaper at Wilbur Wright College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago. She has taught English composition, literature and journalism since 2001 at Wright, DePaul University’s School for New Learning, Columbia College, Dominican University and Triton College. She earned her MA in English from DePaul University and her BA in English from Northern Illinois University. Previously, she was an editor for two business-to-b...Read More
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TEXTBOOKS:
REQUIREDThe Chicago Manual of Style (Hard copy or online version accepted.) 17th
by
ISBN / ASIN: 9780226287058
The Copyeditor's Handbook 4th
by Amy Einsohn and Marilyn Schwartz
ISBN / ASIN: 9780520286726
The Copyeditor's Workbook 1st
by Amy Buky, Marilyn Schwarts, Amy Einsohn
ISBN / ASIN: 9780520294356
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Hardcover or paid online subscription is acceptable: https://merriam-webster.com/) 11th
by Merriam-Webster's
ISBN / ASIN: 9780877798071
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
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POLICIES:
Early enrollment advised.
Prerequisite required.
No refunds after: 4/9/2021.
1st no meeting date: 5/31/2021.
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NOTE:
This is an online course. There are no face-to-face class sessions. You will have access to this class on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed. To login to your course, go to your MyExtension account, select My Courses, select this course and then click the link that appears in the LOCATION section.Prerequisites for this section are Copyediting I (WCWP-40236).
4/5/2021 - 6/12/2021
extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
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4/5/2021 - 6/12/2021
$595
Online
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CLASS TYPE:
Online Asynchronous.
All instruction and course materials delivered and completed online between the published course start and end dates.
Reynolds-Srot, Carol
Carol Reynolds-Srot teaches for UC San Diego Extension's Copyediting Certificate Program . A self-proclaimed wordsmith, Reynolds-Srot is a seasoned professional journalist who has spent most of her career in the newspaper industry. She honed her proven ability as an eagle-eyed editor, proficient writer, accomplished page designer, and organized and productive manager at the Detroit Free Press , Long Island Newsday , the South Florida Sun Sentinel , and the Miami Herald . She has spent the past decade in academia—first as the associate editor at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in South Florida and currently as the university editor for the University of Miami. A longtime member of the South Florida Black Journalists Association and the Asian American Journalists As...Read More
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TEXTBOOKS:
REQUIREDThe Chicago Manual of Style (Hard copy or online version accepted.) 17th
by
ISBN / ASIN: 9780226287058
The Copyeditor's Handbook 4th
by Amy Einsohn and Marilyn Schwartz
ISBN / ASIN: 9780520286726
The Copyeditor's Workbook 1st
by Amy Buky, Marilyn Schwarts, Amy Einsohn
ISBN / ASIN: 9780520294356
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Hardcover or paid online subscription is acceptable: https://merriam-webster.com/) 11th
by Merriam-Webster's
ISBN / ASIN: 9780877798071
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
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POLICIES:
Early enrollment advised.
Prerequisite required.
No refunds after: 4/9/2021.
1st no meeting date: 5/31/2021.
-
NOTE:
This is an online course. There are no face-to-face class sessions. You will have access to this class on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed. To login to your course, go to your MyExtension account, select My Courses, select this course and then click the link that appears in the LOCATION section.Prerequisites for this section are Copyediting I (WCWP-40236).
4/5/2021 - 6/12/2021
extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the Arts, Humanities, Languages & Digital Arts department at 858-534-5760 or ahl@ucsd.edu for information about when this course will be offered again.