COM 201 - Introduction to Editing

Institution:

Reading Area Community College

Subject:

Communications

Description:

This course, designed for native writers of English, helps students develop editing strategies for making prose writing more effective. Using personal, peer, and professional texts, students will focus on issues of correctness and style. Specifically, they will learn to create prose that is correct in syntax, usage, and punctuation and to adapt prose style to fit a variety of audiences and situations. Editing will be viewed within the context of the composing process as a whole and concepts will be examined within a social, historical, and political perspective.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

COM 121

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

A Grade of C or Higher is Required for all Listed Prerequisite Courses.

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.racc.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 372-4721

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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