Professional Writing

Course aim

To extend and refine students’ writing skills in a variety of technical and professional applications and to practise the application of developed writing, editing and document design skills.

Course content

Students will build on previous courses to develop skill in the ability to explore and analyse writing in technical, scholarly and professional contexts. They will consolidate their knowledge and skills through advanced practice in writing, editing, designing and producing texts for professional and technical purposes, with concrete application on industry sourced documents and projects.

Textbook(s)

Eunson, B 2016, Communicating in the 21st Century (e-book), 4th, John Wiley & Sons, Milton, Queensland

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Seminar	2 hours x 10 weeks
Seminar (online)	2 hours x 2 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
Online	2 hours x 10 weeks
Seminar (online)	2 hours x 2 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	2 hours x 10 weeks
Seminar (online)	2 hours x 2 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment, Portfolio, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4A)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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Non-award enrolment
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.