OAS 105 - Document Editing & Proofreading

Min Credits: 2

This is a course in which the students develop skills in proofreading, editing, and formatting written business communications. Topics covered include use of possessives, spelling, capitalization, subject-verb agreement, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, sentence structure and wording, as well as proper use of punctuation marks. The student will be more proficient in proofreading documents keyed in any word processing program on the computer. Editing of documents using proofreader’s marks will also be stressed. There is no prerequisite, although basic computer knowledge will be helpful in completing at-the-computer editing projects.

Lecture: 2 Lab: 0