ENGL 4183: Editing With Digital Technologies

University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Substantive editing, copyediting, project management, and editing in hardcopy documents and web and digital environments. Section information text: This class aims to provide a substantial overview of rhetorical grammar to prepare students to investigate the variety of editing contexts for both print and digital documents. The class will privilege both rhetoric and style over rigid, outdated adherence to doctrines of correctness. You will not just proofread; you will edit based on sound reasons for specific audiences and purposes. Assignments provide students the opportunity to apply the skills from this course through writing efficient reviews. This class privileges rhetorical grammar and asks students to consider their writing choices. The course perspective assumes it’s more effective to advocate form following function; therefore, you need to understand the purpose and ways of communicating messages—paying particular attention to tone, voice, level of diction, etc.—in order to edit effectively. Prerequisite: ENGL 2116 For graduate students, fulfills technical/professional writing course requirement for technical/professional writing concentration; fulfills writing requirement for applied linguistics, children’s literature, and literature concentrations

Average GPA: 3.32

Grade distribution records: 255 students across 13 terms.

Grade distribution

Based on 255 student grade records across 13 terms and 4 professors.

Instructors

• Aaron Toscano 114 students, Average GPA 2.92
• Margaret Morgan 79 students, Average GPA 3.76
• Gregory Wickliff 54 students, Average GPA 3.43
• Mary Rhodes 8 students, Average GPA 3.50