ALW738 - Editing
Unit details
Year | 2025 unit information |
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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 |
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week |
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week |
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. |
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 regarding 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.
Learning Outcomes
ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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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 | 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 |
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Assessment 1: Topic-Based Editorial Quizzes | 1000 words or equivalent | 20% | Weeks 3 & 6 |
Assessment 2: Appraisal assignment | 1500 words or equivalent | 30% | Week 7 |
Assessment 3: Editing assignment | 2500 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 11 |
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 ALW738 can be found via the University Library.
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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