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The Business of Copyediting

WCWP-40333

The Business of Copyediting  (WCWP-40333)
6 Weeks | Online

In the Business of Copyediting course, students will be prepared to launch their own copyediting or proofreading business or grow an existing one. In today's economy, creating a career with flexibility and mobility appeals to many people. The course will focus on how to acquire work, grow your business, legal and tax structures, financial basics, and day-to-day management. Included are resources for networking though copyediting organizations.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will have the following:

  • A plan to launch and maintain an editing business.
  • A plan for finding and approaching clients in a preferred niche or subject area.
  • Working knowledge of financial and legal issues such as business structures, income taxes, expenses, recordkeeping, and business liability insurance.
  • Working knowledge of editorial rates, contracts, invoicing, and work logs.
  • A set of resources and tools to help in their editing business.

Quarters Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall | Online

Note: Non-certificate students may take this class. There are assignments and reading with weekly due dates. Please purchase the textbook before class begins.

Course Information

Online
2.00 units
$460.00

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This course applies to these programs

Copyediting

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Section ID:

190892

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.

Textbooks:

All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.

Policies:

  • No refunds after: 7/11/2025

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.

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Instructor: Christine Steele

Christine Steele
Christine Steele is an editor/writer with more than 25 years of experience, 12 of them in financial services. She’s launched 100+-page corporate style guides and edited books on historical fiction, retirement, and sculptor art. She has also freelanced as Steele Editing & Writing.

She is a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association, San Diego Professional Editors Network (SD/PEN), and is a lifetime member and past board member of ACES: The Society for Editing. She has a bachelor’s degree in Communication Arts from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, a combined certificate in Print/Broadcast Journalism from UCLA Extension, a certificate in Teaching Online from UC San Diego Extended Studies, and a certificate in Critical Thinking from Cornell University.

Christine is known for sharing her passion for words and loves the ampersand. She encourages others to have fun with copyediting and often receives photos of typos to add to her gallery of errors.

She is a co-lead instructor for the Copyediting Certificate Program and teaches Copyediting I, Copyediting II, and The Business of Copyediting.




 
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