Unit of Study WRIT3002 Introduction to Editing and Publishing (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

No

Unit description

Develops student skills in and understanding of publishing and editing, and knowledge of related historical, ethical and legal issues. Students will be introduced to print- and screen-based editing and publishing, and the communication, language, technical and project-management skills to edit and publish texts in context. Intended as a second/third-year unit. Extensive group work is required in this unit.

Unit content

Module 1: Working as a writer

Module 2: Employment and the writer

Module 3: Writing and selling your original work

Module 4: The Publishing industry

Module 5: Communities of practice

Module 6: Editing your work

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term4	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

understand the different roles and responsibilities involved in editing and publishing

understand the Australian publishing landscape within a global context

understand the publishing industry's processes and structures and its associated ethics and legalities

reflect on the history of and current debates in publishing

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Portfolio	40%
Proposal	60%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

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Fee information

Domestic

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