Overview

This unit introduces students to the concepts, processes, industry principles and advanced techniques required of the professional editor in editing a variety of texts, including: appraisal of texts, substantive and structural editing and proofreading.

Requisites

Prerequisites
PWR10002 Editing for Writers
MDA10001 Introduction to Media Studies

OR

MDA10018 Content Creator Lab OR JOU10007 Media Content Creation

 

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Investigate and apply industry principles of grammar, syntax, spelling and punctuation in diverse social and cultural contexts for publishing
  • Investigate and apply industry standard principles for proofreading in diverse publishing contexts
  • Use industry standard practice to appraise diverse written material for professional editing
  • Use professional principles of collaboration and feedback to apply substantive and/or structural editing to creative products
  • Review, refine and amend texts to enhance the clarity of written communication using consistent industry standard practices in diverse publishing contexts

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Workshop		3.00 12 weeks 36
Specified Activities
Various		3.00 12 weeks 36
Unspecified Activities
Various		6.50 12 weeks 78
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Class Exercises Individual  20%  3,4,5 
Project 1 Individual  40%  1,2,3,5 
Project 2 Individual/Group  40%  1,2,3,4,5 

Content

  • Editing content to industry standards: application of industry standards and conventions for clear language, grammar, syntax, consistency, form, and genre
  • Investigate and apply industry standards of proofreading
  • Analyse concepts, processes, principles, theories and elements of creative non-fiction writing, including First nations perspectives
  • Develop and apply an original concept for creative non-fiction
  • Implementing skills for substantive editing and publication of texts across digital platforms
  • Evaluate, review, revise and incorporate editorial advice

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.