ENG 315 Professional Writing & Editing

A workshop in writing and editing in various professional contexts. These may include literary journals, magazines, websites, blogs, book publishing, publicity, and/or technical writing. Attention to audience, research, organization, grammar, copy editing and proofreading, following house style, as well as use of graphics and page design. This course may be taken more than once, provided it addresses a different topic when taken again. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisites: ENG 105 and 200-level English or Communications writing course, or consent of the instructor based on writing sample.