Courses for Technical Editors in Australia

I don't know of any tertiary-level courses in Australia specifically for technical editors, although there are several programs for general editors or journalists. I'll add information to this page as I find it.

Technical Editors Eyrie. Academic>Courses>Technical Editing>Australia

Introduction to Editing and Abstracting

Course goals: to prepare you to communicate effectively, ethically, responsibly, and professionally in a professional environment; to provide you with skills, strategies, and conceptual knowledge to help you understand aspects of editing and abstracting; to help you understand the symbiotic relationships among form and content, and audience and purpose; and to give you practice expressing writing and editing your own work as well as peers' and to improve your own individual communication and management skills.

Tovey, Janice. East Carolina University (2003). Academic>Courses>Editing

Professional Editing

This course is designed to be an introduction to the work of editing in a variety of settings. This screen provides your introduction to this site.

Williamson, William J. University of Northern Iowa (2003). Academic>Courses>Editing

Rhetoric 3301.03: Editing for Usage, Style and Clarity

Rhetoric 3301 is a writing course in which students work to improve their writing style and clarity while studying the conventions of standard usage.

Nahrwold, Cynthia. University of Arkansas-Little Rock (2002). Academic>Courses>Editing

Rhetoric 5/4304: Technical Style and Editing

Rhetoric 5/4304 emphasizes the editing process of technical materials, which includes the following: knowing different levels of editing, copyediting and proofreading, editing for organization and content, editing graphics, editing for effective document design, and learning how to work effectively and efficiently as a team member. We'll do hands-on editing to give you necessary knowledge/practice and to develop your editing skills.

Nahrwold, Cynthia. University of Arkansas-Little Rock (2002). Academic>Courses>Editing>Technical Editing

Technical and Professional Editing

In this class, you will learn how to edit technical documents, from proofreading for errors at the surface to ensuring that the document contains appropriate content, organization, and visuals for its audiences. Students will also learn how to use traditional editing marks, editing functions within word processors, and principles of layout and design.

Eaton, Angela. Texas Tech University (2006). Academic>Courses>Technical Editing

Technical Editing

In this class, students will learn how to edit technical documents, from proofreading for errors at the surface to ensuring that the document contains appropriate content, organization, and visuals for its audiences. Students will also learn how to use traditional editing marks, editing functions within word processors, and principles of layout and design. Finally, students will learn about the profession of editing and develop pieces to support their careers.

Eaton, Angela. Texas Tech University (2006). Academic>Courses>Technical Editing

Technical Editing

This course will prepare you for the substantive editing and design of complex documents such as technical manuals, proposals, and research reports.  You will study the practice of editing as it applies to invention, arrangement, style, and delivery.  You will examine strategies for document management and explore the theoretical justifications for your editing decisions.

Dragga, Sam. Texas Tech University (2001). Academic>Courses>Technical Editing

Technical Editing

Principles and practices of editing technical and scientific documents. Overview of the editing process; defining the editor's rules and responsibilities, revising at structural and sentence levels, and addressing stylistic conventions of technical fields. Application to technical and scientific documents such as reports, proposals, and user manuals. Students will learn to recognize and articulate specific problem areas in technical documents. Students will practice identifying and discussing differences between strong and weak technical documents. Students will revise technical documents at macro- and micro- levels of editing. Students will gain strategies for communicating effective and constructive criticism.

Grossenbacher, Laura. University of Wisconsin. Academic>Courses>Undergraduate>Technical Editing