The ability to edit your own written work is a skill that's highly valued by employers and publishers. This class focuses on strengthening your writing for the web using journalistic techniques. Whether you want to create blog content, feature articles, or marketing copy, it is essential to organize your writing in logical, clear, and engaging ways. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize good writing, critique their own work, write clean copy, and edit content for optimal readability.
Note: You must have native-level fluency with English and the ability to write clear, logical and grammatically correct sentences. You will need a computer with a high-speed connection and MS Word.
Course Number: WCWP-40313
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Creative Writing, Science Communication
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9/23/2024 - 12/7/2024
$495
Online
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CLASS TYPE:
Online Asynchronous.
This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
Carothers, Crystal
Crystal Carothers, M.Ed., teaches various writing courses for UC San Diego Extension's Copyediting Certificate and Creative Writing Certificate , as well as ESL at the English Language Institute. She is a California-born educator who has taught English as a second language around the world. Crystal graduated with her Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the San Francisco State University in 2006. Following the completion of her Bachelor's degree, she earned her TEFL teaching certificate in Madrid, Spain. After years of living and teaching abroad, she moved back to San Diego to continue her education with a Master’s of Education in TESOL from Alliant International University. Currently, Crystal teaches various writing and English courses at both UC Sa...Read More
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TEXTBOOKS:
No information available at this time.
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POLICIES:
No refunds after: 9/27/24.
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NOTE:
"This is an online course; all class sessions are taught
online. There are no face-to-face class sessions. You
will have access to your online course on the published
start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is
confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start
date.
To login to your course, go to your MyExtension
account, select My Courses, select this course and then
click the link that appears in the LOCATION section.NO CLASS 11/11 OR THE WEEK OF 11/25-29"
9/23/2024 - 12/7/2024
extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the Arts, Humanities, Languages & Digital Arts department at 858-534-5760 or ahl@ucsd.edu for information about when this course will be offered again.