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Editing Certificate


Program Date: Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2029

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Core courses (10 courses)

Courses for Core courses (10 courses)
Course Name
EDIT210 Copy Editing
EDIT410 Final Project: Editing
EDIT110 Editors and Editing: An Introduction
BCPW205 Efficient Business and Professional Writing
BCPW210 Ethics and Legal Issues in Writing and Publishing
EDIT240 Document Design and Production for Editors
EDIT250 Grammar
EDIT330 Structural Editing
EDIT320 Stylistic Editing
EDIT225 Proofreading

Elective courses (minimum two)

Courses for Elective courses (minimum two)
Course Name
EDIT505 Writing and Editing for the Web
TCOM120 Technical Writing and Editing
TCOM230 Indexing: An Essential Art and Science
EDIT509 Freelancing for Editors
PLNL110 Plain Language Principles
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