PUBPOL-713
PROFESSIONAL EDITING PRACTICUM
Offered Fall 2026
Term
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students say they actually learn something useful. Best for students who want substance, not a disposable elective.
DepartmentPPS
Terms offeredFall
Typical enrollment20–25
Semesters of data3
2.1
Hrs / week
31
Responses
65
Enrollment
48%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.6
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.4
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.7
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
2.2
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysishigh
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 65 comments across 3 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students say they actually learn something useful. Best for students who want substance, not a disposable elective.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
More reachable A
Student comments make the grading bar sound relatively reachable. This reads more like a course where steady work is rewarded than one where students describe the A as unusually hard to land.
Homework Load
Moderate homework load
Homework load looks moderate. The recurring signal is steady weekly work, but not a course that turns every assignment into a grind.
Lecture Load
Regular lecture load
Lectures matter here, but the evidence points to a fairly standard lecture burden rather than a course dominated by long or exceptionally dense lectures.
Strengths
• Students repeatedly say the course teaches something concrete, whether that is content mastery, research skill, or a strong foundation.
Tradeoffs
• There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
Best fit for
Best for students who want substance, not a disposable elective.
Watch out for
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.
Student Responses
I was able to understand, as a foreign student, better ways to write in English, its a must for international students, particularly those who have only basic concepts or writing skills in academic context.
Fall 2025 · Storelli, Dean
My writing and editing skills have improved greatly thanks to Dean. His teaching methods and PowerPoint presentations are clear and easy to remember. I’ve especially improved in writing topic sentences for paragraphs and learning how to cite sources correctly.
Fall 2025 · Storelli, Dean
Really good
Fall 2025 · Storelli, Dean
The rules of using ‘the’ Tenses The ways of learning a language
Fall 2025 · Storelli, Dean
grammar, language skills
Fall 2025 · Storelli, Dean
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Storelli, Dean | 4.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 25 |
| Fall 2024 | Storelli, Dean | — | — | 1.3 | 20 |
| Fall 2023 | Storelli, Dean | 4.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 20 |
Instructor
Also teaches
PUBPOL-705 MASTER'S PROJECT I D PPUBPOL-711 PUB POL WRITING PRACTICUM4.5PUBPOL-712 PUB POL PRESENTATION PRACTICUM4.4