ALW738 - Editing

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Patrick West
Cohort rule:Nil
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: ALW607, ALW638
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 2-hour seminar per week

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including: 1 x 2-hour seminar per week equivalent

Content

This unit aims to give students a grounding in key editorial principles and skills. Students are encouraged to develop their understanding of the relationship between editor, author and reader by focusing on project appraisal, copy-editing and structural editing. The unit will acquaint students with the ethical responsibilities of editors, authors and publishers, particularly with regard to copyright and defamation. The unit is also designed to assist writers to refresh their technical skills and deepen their understanding of the editing and publishing process.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Apply key principles of the publishing process to their conduct of an editing task

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Explain the different roles of the editor in the editing process and differentiate the roles in terms of the Australian Standards for Editing Practice to editing tasks

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Analyse the editorial requirements of a piece of text and respond accordingly

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

Negotiate in a professional and effective way with authors and others involved in the publishing process

GLO2: Communication

GLO7: Teamwork

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - Topic-Based Editorial Quizzes 1000 words
or equivalent
20% Information not yet available
Assessment 2 - Appraisal assignment 1500 words
or equivalent
30% Information not yet available
Assessment 3 - Editing assignment 2500 words
or equivalent
50% Information not yet available

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ALW738
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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