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Area/Catalogue
COMM 3058

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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Offered Externally
No

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Course ID
154882

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
School of Creative Industries

Course aim

To extend and consolidate students’ knowledge of professional writing and editing for publication.

Course content

This course will offer students the opportunity to work on real life projects sourced from the university and the community. They will work in teams to edit and prepare for publication materials that are appropriate for the apprentice-like stage in the industry of editing and publishing. Students will submit at the end of the semester documents that are ready for publication.

Textbook(s)

Revised by Snooks & Co. 2002, Style manual (seminal), 6th edn, John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd, Australia

Janet Mackenzie 2011, The editor's companion, 2nd edn, Cambridge University Press, Australia

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number Course Name
COMM 2009 Writing and Editing for Publication

The listed prerequisite, or with approval from the Program Director. COURSE ALERT: This course is not available to students who have completed: COMM3047 Advanced Editing and Publishing

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Workshop 3 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Workshop 4 hours x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, M2 EDUCATION (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
Workshop 3 hours x 10 weeks

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


Assessment

Continuous assessment, Portfolio, Project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
To determine the fee for this course as part of a Commonwealth Supported program, go to:
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
Non-award tuition fees are set by the university. To determine the cost of this course, go to:
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Not all courses are available on all of the above bases, and students must check to ensure that they are permitted to enrol in a particular course.

* 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.

Course Coordinators

Dr Ron Hoenig
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