Graham School of General StudiesThe UNIVERSITY of CHICAGO

Editing 2010–2011 certificate program

CertifiCate DesignTo help train the next generation of editors and to keep the current generation updated in the ever-changing publishing industry, the University of Chicago Graham School of General Studies offers the Editing Certificate Program, a focused sequence of courses designed to fully prepare the editor for the profession today. In addition to basic, intermediate, and advanced editing, this program offers students courses on the various new technologies that dramatically affect editing, from editing electronically (using word processing software) to preparing text for the Internet. The Graham School often retains as instructors editors who work at the University of Chicago Press. Since 1906, the University of Chicago Press has published The Chicago Manual of Style, a bible in the publishing industry. Now in its 15th edition, The Chicago Manual of Style serves as the basis of many of the certificate courses.

program benefits· Learn the role of the editor within the publishing process · Master techniques for marking up copy correctly for typesetting changes · Determine how to create and use style sheets for consistency over long documents · Practice the use of computer-processing software to edit documents · Discuss the requirements of substantive editing, while striving to maintain the author’s voice· Work on becoming part of a networking community

who shoulD attenD · Editors seeking to broaden and deepen their expertise in editing · Freelance professionals who want training in The Chicago Manual of Style · Corporate communication professionals desiring rigorous training in editing procedure · Recent college graduates needing comprehensive training to enter the editing field

reQuirements anD eValuation To receive a Certificate in Editing from the Graham School, students must complete four required courses and an elective. Students must pass all of the courses in order to obtain the certificate. Students who fail a course will be asked to withdraw from the certificate program. Plagiarism of any course assignment is grounds for failure of the course and dismissal from the program. Experienced editors seeking to skip Basic Manuscript Editing will be required to pass an editing test.

reQuireD Courses· Basic Manuscript Editing · Editing Electronically: Using Word Processing Tools · Intermediate Manuscript Editing · Advanced Manuscript Editing

eleCtiVe Courses (Choose one)· Introduction to Medical Editing · Designing and Editing Tables and Graphs: Mastering the Visual Display of Complex Information · The Role of the Editor in Internet Publishing · Taking Publications Online: Project Management Issues · Introduction to Developmental Editing

All participants will be evaluated by the faculty and will receive a final grade for each course. Grades in this certificate are high pass, pass, or fail. Participants successfully complete all five courses to receive the Certificate in Editing.

professional DeVelopment CreDitProfessional Development Credits may be earned for courses offered by the Business and Professional certificate programs at the Graham School of General Studies. For more information please visit our website at grahamschool.uchicago.edu/business/pdc.

Course loCationCourses meet at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center at 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Dr. in downtown Chicago.

for more informationAmber Neff, program manager: 773/702-1682Meghana Shahi, administrative assistant: 773/834-2765 Registrar: 800/997-9689 or 773/702-1722

For the latest information on any course or general information regarding any certificate program, please visit our website at: grahamschool.uchicago.edu/bpp.

uniVersity statement of nonDisCriminationin keeping with its long-standing tradition and policies, the university of Chicago considers students, employees, applicants for admission or employment, and those seeking access to programs on the basis of individual merit. the university, therefore, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or veteran status, and does not discriminate against members of protected classes under the law.

persons who have been formally accepted into a graham school program or have registered for a course who have a disability and believe that they may need assistance should contact Vanessa georg at 773/834-0159 in advance of the first class meeting. persons who have questions regarding the university’s nondiscrimination policy also may contact Vanessa georg.

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basiC manusCript eDiting Eight-week course or four-week course* This course gives participants a working knowledge of The Chicago Manual of Style. It covers many aspects of what it means to be a copy editor, from spelling, punctuation, and usage, to printers’ marks, foreign titles, tables and graphs, and more. Bring the 15th edition of this text and a dictionary to class.

This course has been approved for 0.75 Professional Development Credit.

autumn 2 010 Location: Gleacher Center$875 Early registration ends August 9 / $925 Regular registrationMondays, August 30–October 25 / 6–8:30 pmInstructor: Susan Allan

winter 2011 Location: Gleacher Center$875 Early registration ends December 16 / $925 Regular registrationThursdays, January 6–February 24 / 6–8:30 pmInstructor: Erik Carlson

spring 2 011 Location: Gleacher Center$875 Early registration ends March 29 / $925 Regular registrationTuesdays and Thursdays, April 12–May 5 / 6–8:30 pm * Note: This is an intensive section that meets twice weekly for four weeks.Instructor: Susan Allan

basiC manusCript eDitingThree-day seminarThis three-day course accommodates out-of-town students and individuals whose schedules prohibit attending an eight-week course. Students complete a preassignment via e-mail and send in a series of post-assignments once this seminar is over. The course covers aspects of The Chicago Manual of Style. Bring the 15th edition of this text and a dictionary to class.

This course has been approved for 0.75 Professional Development Credit.

autumn 2010 Location: Gleacher Center$875 Early registration ends October 2 / $925 Regular registrationThursday–Saturday, October 14–16 / 9 am–4:30 pmTuition includes continental breakfast.Instructor: Erik Carlson

summer 2 011 Location: Gleacher Center$875 Early registration ends June 23 / $925 Regular registrationThursday–Saturday, July 14–16 / 9 am–4:30 pmTuition includes continental breakfast.Instructor: Susan Allan

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eDiting eleCtroniCally: using worD proCessing toolsThree-day seminarThis course is not a course on how to edit, but rather a guide to using electronic tools to make the editing process more efficient. The course follows the life of an electronic manuscript as it moves toward its final form.

This course has been approved for 0.75 Professional Development Credit.

autumn 2010 Location: Gleacher Center$1,000 Early registration ends October 28 / $1,090 Regular registrationThursday–Saturday, November 18–20 / 9 am–4:30 pmTuition includes continental breakfast.Instructor: John Muenning

spring 2011 Location: Gleacher Center$1,000 Early registration ends February 24 / $1,090 Regular registrationThursday–Saturday, March 17–19 / 9 am–4:30 pmTuition includes continental breakfast.Instructor: John Muenning

intermeDiate manusCript eDitingEight-week course or three-day seminarThis course takes the student through more complex editing assignments of greater length. In addition, students learn to prepare author style sheets, shape author queries, and ensure consistency in a changing manuscript.

Prerequisite: Basic Manuscript Editing or equivalent experience.This course has been approved for 0.75 Professional Development Credit.

autumn 2010 Location: Gleacher Center$875 Early registration ends November 18 / $925 Regular registrationThursday–Saturday, December 9–11 / 9 am–4:30 pmTuition includes continental breakfast.Instructor: Susan Allan

winter 2011 Location: Gleacher Center$875 Early registration ends December 15 / $925 Regular registrationWednesdays, January 5–February 23 / 6–8:30pm Please note that this is an 8-week night course. Instructor: Susan Allan

summer 2011 Location: Gleacher Center$875 Early registration ends May 12 / $925 Regular registrationThursday–Saturday, June 2–4 / 9 am–4:30 pmTuition includes continental breakfast.Instructor: Greg Nosan

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Three-day seminarMastery of book manuscript editing requires a thorough knowledge of style and editorial judgment. What are the demands of the reader? How does an editor choose one style over another? This three-day intensive course will engage students in a discussion of the decisions an experienced editor will make in preparing a book-length manuscript for publication, including assessing the organization of information, author-editor relations, and about sending files to design.

Prerequisites: Basic and Intermediate Manuscript Editing.This course has been approved for 0.75 Professional Development Credit.

spring 2011 Location: Gleacher Center$875 Early registration ends March 11 / $925 Regular registrationThursday–Saturday, March 24–26 / 9 am–4:30 pmTuition includes continental breakfast.Instructor: Mara Naselli

summer 2 011 Location: Gleacher Center$875 Early registration ends June 30 / $925 Regular registrationThursday–Saturday, July 21–23 / 9 am–4:30 pmTuition includes continental breakfast.Instructor: Mara Naselli

introDuCtion to meDiCal eDitingEight-week course or three-day seminar This course covers a variety of issues involved in editing biomedical material and provides information that can be used to manage them. Using the American Medical Association Manual of Style, students gain hands-on experience in the editing of general medical materials. Topics covered include grammar, correct usage, general guidelines for correct nomenclature, and editing of tables.

This course has been approved for 0.75 Professional Development Credit.

autumn 2010 Location: Gleacher Center$1,350 Early registration ends September 30 / $1,450 Regular registrationThursday–Saturday, October 21–23 / 9 am–4:30 pmTuition includes continental breakfast and networking lunch.Instructor: Laura King

spring 2 011 Location: Gleacher Center$1,350 Early registration ends March 16 / $1,450 Regular registrationWednesdays, April 6–May 25 / 6–8:30pmInstructor: Kavitha Reinhold

Designing anD eDiting tables anD graphs:mastering the Visual Display of Complex informationThree-day seminarComplicated medical data is often presented most efficiently and persuasively in tables, graphs, and illustrations. In this course students will learn to interpret tables and graphs, edit and revise them, and create them by hand and on the computer.

This course has been approved for 0.75 Professional Development Credit.

spring 2011 Location: Gleacher Center$1,350 Early registration ends April 14 / $1,450 Regular registrationThursday–Saturday, May 5–7 / 9 am–4:30 pmTuition includes continental breakfast and networking lunch.Instructor: TBD

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the role of the eDitor in internet publishingTwo-day seminarIn this course we will place the traditional work of the editor in the context of electronic publishing, exploring how editorial work is changing and how it is staying the same, with an emphasis on emerging conventions and web style.

This course has been approved for 0.5 Professional Development Credit.

winter 2011 Location: Gleacher Center$1,000 Early registration ends December 24 / $1,075 Regular registrationFriday–Saturday, January 7–8 / 9 am–4:30 pmTuition includes continental breakfast.Instructor: John Muenning

taking publiCations online: projeCt management issuesTwo-day seminarThis course will explore the issues involved in creating electronic versions of existing print publications. Among the topics discussed will be technical options and strategies for success, effects on production flow and schedule, editorial concerns including internal and external linking, quality control, design,incorporating multimedia enhancements into online presentation, archiving your content, and making money from your site.

This course has been approved for 0.5 Professional Development Credit.

autumn 2010 Location: Gleacher Center$1,000 Early registration ends September 3 / $1,075 Regular registrationFriday–Saturday, September 24–25 / 9 am–4:30 pmTuition includes continental breakfast.Instructor: John Muenning

introDuCtion to DeVelopmental eDitingThree-day seminarWhile manuscript editors deal with enhancing texts that have already been accepted for publication, the developmental editor can help mold an author’s approach to a work before a publisher’s review board decides whether to publish it. This course will focus on what it means to be a developmental editor by taking students through the developmental editing process. Beginning with a discussion on which books qualify to be developmentally edited, the course covers scheduling, reviewer selection, competitive books, cost analysis, and author relations. Students will work on a practical, hands-on exercise with real-world manuscripts and reviews.

This course has been approved for 0.75 Professional Development Credit.

summer 2011 Location: Gleacher Center$875 Early registration ends June 2 / $925 Regular registrationThursday–Saturday, June 23–25 / 9 am–4:30 pmTuition includes continental breakfast.Instructor: Mara Naselli

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