Program Overview

Program Overview

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Course Details

JTC 310 - Copy Editing

• Summer 2025
• Fall 2025
• Spring 2026
• 3 credits

Course Description

Theory of copy preparation and editing; publication layout.

Course Learning Objectives

• Review and improve personal writing skills including grammar, punctuation, word usage, and sentence structure.
• Demonstrate improved proficiency in editing copy: yours and others.
• Explore visual opportunities to accompany story text.
• Apply ethics skills and libel standards to news judgment decisions.
• Evaluate page and web design as it relates to readership.
• Discover fact-checking techniques.
• Explore techniques and guidelines for headlines, photo captions, and social media teasers.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of the AP Stylebook.

Prerequisite

JTC 210 (Newswriting)

Textbooks and Materials

Please check the CSU Bookstore for textbook information. Textbook listings are available at the CSU Bookstore about 3 weeks prior to the start of the term.

Instructors

Jake Sherlock

Section 801 (Online)

• Registration ends: Sunday, January 25, 2026
• Date: Jan 20 - May 10, 2026 (16 wks.)
• Time: Asynchronous
• Drop and withdrawal deadlines
  • 100% tuition and fees refunded: February 4, 2026
  • 50% tuition refunded with 'W' grade: March 23, 2026
  • No tuition refunded and 'W' grade: April 17, 2026
• Instructors: Jake Sherlock
• Tuition: $1,470

Quality Course Seal

The Green Quality Course seal of approval is given to an undergraduate course that passes our rigorous review process to ensure accessibility and design standards are met through an internal Quality Matters (QM) review, which evaluates course design.