Professional Style and Editing
Rhetoric and Communications · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Fall and Winter Both, Every Year
RHET-2131 prerequisites
We couldn't read this course's prerequisites into a chain. The wording is under “Requisite courses” below.
Taking RHET-2131 is a prerequisite for 1 course directly.
- RHET-3131Advanced Editing: Principles and Practices
Where RHET-2131 counts
Required by 3 programs:
Counts toward 4 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
Read from the departments' own calendar pages, where 50 of 208 programs are only partly machine-readable, so treat these as a minimum rather than the full list. Confirm with an academic advisor.
Description
This course teaches students to revise their prose, not for new ideas but for better phrasing of the ones they already have. Students will learn how to write in several prose styles and to edit each other's work professionally in terms of stylistic (rather than only grammatical) criteria. The course will include a number of short style exercises as well as longer essays, and a great deal of practice in editing. It will be a great help for anyone intending to write polished term papers or theses, not to mention business memos.
Requisite courses
Any section of Academic Writing or exemption from the writing requirement and completion of 24 credit hours [prerequisite(s)].
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.