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ENCO329 Publishing and Editing

Updated: 19 April 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites 12cp
Co-requisites None
Restrictions ENCO429
Notes

offered in even numbered years
Combined Units ENCO429 - Publishing and Editing
Coordinator(s) Jeremy Fisher (jfishe23@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit enables students to enhance their skills in academic, professional and creative writing by gaining practical and theoretical knowledge of editing and publishing. It offers an overview of these processes in print and online media, with a focus on the Australian context in a changing international publishing environment. The unit examines different sectors of publishing (industry, in-house, etc), modes of production (books, magazines, etc) and modes of writing and editing (generating copy, sub-editing, proofreading). It covers questions of drafting, layout and design; desktop publishing; and legal and ethical issues of professional practice.
Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Editing and publishing project 50% On Campus 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6
Editing and publishing project 65% Off Campus 2500
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6
Structured class participation 15% On Campus
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6
Writing and editing exercise 35% On/Off Campus 1500
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. understand different publishing sectors and production modes;
  2. understand the various editing principles and techniques studied for print and online publication;
  3. show knowledge of the relations between editors, writers and readers and the ethical and legal dimensions of editing and publishing;
  4. understand the changing technological and cultural contexts of publishing and editing practices.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
This unit introduces students to the issues and processes involved in editing and publishing. It is assessed through the assignments and tutorial participation. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
This attribute is intrinsic to the unit's content and methodology. It is taught and practised through assessment-related learning activities focusing on the principles and techniques of writing and editing. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
While this attribute is not necessarily practised by all students or explicitly assessed, it is taught by considering the significance of intercultural perspectives and competences in the field of communications and publishing. 		True
4 Information Literacy
This attribute is taught, practised and assessed through activities and projects that focus on the techniques of managing, organising, editing and publishing information. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The unit teaches and gives practice in this attribute by focusing on the principles and processes of independent learning in the field of writing, editing and publication that are relevant to diverse contexts of personal and professional development. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
The unit teaches, assesses and provides practice in this attribute. By focusing on writing and editing, it develops skills in thinking logically and creatively to solve problems in representing materials and meanings effectively for diverse purposes and audiences. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
This attribute is taught and encouraged by covering the social relations and ethical issues of editing and publishing practices but is not explicitly practised and assessed. 		True
8 Team Work
Forms of team work are taught by situating and defining them in the context of editing and publishing practices and roles. However, team work is not explicitly practised by all students, necessarily, nor is it assessed. 		True
   

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