To thrive as a copy editor you must practice judicious and defensible editing. In this course you will be continually challenged to maintain the author’s voice and meaning while correcting subjective errors that result in convoluted writing. You will tear apart and rebuild sentences, build a case for why your revision is the best one, and practice communicating with the author and editor through sensitive and appropriate queries. You will get additional practice with style sheets and electronic editing, delve deeper into Chicago, and continue to explore varying editorial practices.
Copyediting I, II, III and Grammar Lab are offered every quarter. Please check the Enrollment Available Online date on the Extension Calendar to find out the next date that classes will publish to the web.
Note: Prerequisites for enrollment: Successful completion of Copyediting I (WCWP-40236). You may enroll in a future section of Copyediting II while currently finishing the Copyediting I course. Passing grades will be verified in prerequisites before the quarter begins.
Course Number: WCWP-40237
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Copyediting
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1/6/2020 - 3/14/2020
$595
Online
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CLASS TYPE:
Online, Web-based instruction
Venard, Lourdes, Independent editor and consultant with more than 30 years of reporting, writing, editing, design and project management experience.
Lourdes Venard is an independent editor and editorial consultant with more than 30 years of writing, editing, design and project management experience. She has worked as a reporter, copyeditor and copy desk supervisor at major newspapers, including The Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Newsday.
Venard works as an independent editor for travel and online food websites. She also runs her own editorial business, Comma Sense Editing, working with publishers and individual authors. She has been an Extension instructor since 2012, teaching for the copyediting certificate program. Venard holds a master's in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a bachelor's in communications from the University of Miami.
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TEXTBOOKS:
REQUIREDThe Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century 2015
by Steven Pinker
ISBN / ASIN: 9780143127796
The Chicago Manual of Style (Hard copy of online version accepted.) 17th
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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: 1/10/2020.
1st no meeting date: 1/20/2020.
2nd no meeting date: 2/17/2020.
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NOTE:
You will have access to your online course 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) and Grammar Lab (WCWP-40234).
1/6/2020 - 3/14/2020
ucsdextension.blackboard.com
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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1/6/2020 - 3/14/2020
$595
Online
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CLASS TYPE:
Online, Web-based instruction
Humphrey, Elizabeth King, Associate manager of corporate communications and a freelance editor, writer, and book designer.
Elizabeth Humphrey manages internal communications for a global contract research organization where she edits and writes. She freelances for publications and businesses and her credits include pieces for The Writer and Scientific American Mind. Although she has edited for years, Humphrey received her University of Chicago editing certificate in 2011 and a certificate in technical and professional communications in 2012. Her book writing credits include "Idiot's Guide: Gluten-Free Eating" (2014).
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TEXTBOOKS:
REQUIREDThe Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century 2015
by Steven Pinker
ISBN / ASIN: 9780143127796
The Chicago Manual of Style (Hard copy of 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: 1/10/2020.
1st no meeting date: 1/20/2020.
2nd no meeting date: 2/17/2020.
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NOTE:
You will have access to your online course 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) and Grammar Lab (WCWP-40234).
1/6/2020 - 3/14/2020
ucsdextension.blackboard.com
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.