Overview

This unit introduces students to the skills and knowledge of the practices, techniques and technologies required of the professional editor to prepare a range of manuscripts for publication and to work independently and collaboratively as an editor in response to project demands.

Requisites

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:

  • Examine the editorial publication process in diverse industry contexts, including creative practices, relationships, and technical production.
  • Critically analyse the role of editor, publishing team and the author-editor relationship in diverse publishing contexts
  • Demonstrate critical understanding of the role and practices of industry standard editorial pitching and feedback
  • Investigate and apply industry principles of structural editing, copy editing, proof-reading, clarity, and layout for contemporary creative artefacts
  • Analyse, evaluate, and apply advice and editorial input through collaborative practices of creative critique

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
Applied Project Individual  35%  3,4 
Applied Project Individual  40%  1,2,3,4,5 
Applied Project Individual  25%  1,2,3,4,5 

Content

  • Introduction to editing pre-production techniques for publication
  • Appraising manuscripts
  • Determining style requirements for a specified publication
  • Application of on screen editing techniques
  • Liaising to clarify content
  • Application of industry standards and conventions for grammar, language, syntax, spelling, punctuation, tone, consistency, style, form, genre
  • Processes for checking references, copyright, and other factors required for publication
  • Preparing proofs for publication

Study resources

Reading materials

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