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Apr 18, 2024
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JOU 200 - AP Style Editing
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
Get ready to learn to think like an editor. If you’re already starting to think like an editor, you’re probably wondering about that singular “job”. There are many editing positions, and editors’ titles (and their meanings) vary widely from publication to publication and even to online media. A managing editor at a small newspaper may do all the combined tasks of an assistant editor, senior editor, and caption writer at a national magazine. There are associate editors, field editors, contributing editors, editors-in-chief, articles editors and more. All of them, no matter what their duties, use the same set of skills. In this class you’ll learn the basics, as well as many tricks of the trade. This course helps students build confidence in their communication skills while also enabling them to think critically, consider the viewpoints of others, and effectively express themselves, all of which will benefit them in the classroom, in life, and in the workforce.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: None
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: None
Common Course Assessment(s): None
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Prepare to copy edit in future jobs:
- Learn/relearn grammar rules.
- Have a strong command of the AP Stylebook.
- Write an effective headline/cutline.
- Understand basic layout strategies.
- Be proficient in finding and correcting various kinds of errors.
- Write concisely and clearly.
- Improve your own writing skills.
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