Advanced Writing and Editing for Publication

Course aim

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

Course content

Following procedures and guidelines required by the Australian standards for editing practice, students will perform a number of editing tasks on real world texts from a variety of contexts including fiction, science, professional/corporate and academic.

Textbook(s)

Macquarie, Macquarie Concise Dictionary, Macquarie Dictionary Publishers, Sydney, Australia

Revised by Snooks & Co. 2002, Style manual (seminal), 6th edn, John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd, 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 10 weeks
Online (activities)	3 hours x 2 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Workshop	4 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External	3 hours x 10 weeks
Online (activities)	3 hours x 2 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Workshop	3 hours x 10 weeks
Online (activities)	3 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

Portfolio, Practical, Problem solving exercise

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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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.