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Undergraduate | CUR-PWP230 | 2024

Publishing

Apply your editing skills to real-world publishing. You’ll explore the tools and processes used in the publishing industry. Learn to work with authors. Consider audiences and markets. Practice project management and teamwork on a professional project.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
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Start dates
27 May 2024
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
13 weeks

Price from

$2,040

Upfront cost

$0

HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available

Publishing

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. apply the language skills needed to undertake professional-level editing tasks
    2. apply advanced page and screen based editing skills to professional-level editing tasks
    3. constructively critique fiction and non-fiction forms and assess their suitability for audiences and markets, taking into account cultural and gender specificities, and ethical and legal issues
    4. work independently and in teams to plan and execute an editing and publishing project to professional standards.

Entry requirements

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:

Equivalent subjects

You won't be able to enrol into this subject if you've already successfully completed or currently enrolled in the following subject(s) as they are considered anti-requisites due to the similarity of the content.

  • CUR-PWP322 (Not currently available)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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What to study next?

Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses

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