cpw3eap editing and publishing

EDITING AND PUBLISHING

CPW3EAP

2018

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Editing and publishing skills are of new importance in the digital age with its increased opportunities for publishing in smaller ventures as well as in the larger, national and international sites, and the increasing expectations in the workplace for skills in online publishing. This subject introduces students to key editing skills, including negotiating the author-editor relationship, structural and copy editing, and proofreading; and outlines key considerations for publishers, including copyright law, laws of fair use, and free speech, and the economics of publishing. The subject looks at editing and publishing in their wider historical and cultural contexts, including the significance of technologies for the ways that authorship, readership and the written text itself are shaped, and at the ethical issues that are raised by editing and publishing practices. Students will meet publishers' editors and published authors for their different perspectives on the editing and publishing processes; and they will participate in the production of a magazine.

SchoolSchool of Humanities & Social Sciences

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorMike Nolan

Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG

Exchange StudentsYes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites No pre-requisites

Co-requisitesN/A

Incompatible subjectsN/A

Equivalent subjectsN/A

Special conditionsN/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	Fowler's Modern English Usage	Recommended	Jeremy Butterfield, 2015	Oxford
Readings	Style Manual: For Authors, Editors and Printers, 6th edition	Recommended	2002	Wiley

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

02. The capacity to critically engage with the ethical, legal and economic aspects of editing and publishing, including copyright, fair use and free speech laws and to sustain this engagement in clearly written prose and oral presentations to the group.

Activities:: Lectures will inform students of legal, ethical and economic issues underlying editorial and publishing practices. Seminar discussions and directed reading will provide students with the opportunities to develop their fluency in these debates. Independent research as part of the assessment will further develop these capacities.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills); Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills); Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills); Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills); Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills); Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)

03. A demonstrated knowledge of the history of editing and publishing and the capacity to critically evaluate the significance of the social contexts in which these are practised.

Activities:: Lectures, seminar discussion and directed reading, as well as independent research. Independent research towards the assessment will further develop their knowledge in these areas.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy); Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills); Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills); Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

04. Understanding structural editing, copy editing and proofreading and the capacity to put these skills into practice effectively.

Activities:: Industry-based guest lecturers will speak to the different skills and approaches to these practices. During seminars, students will be engaged in exercises that will provide opportunities for them to learn these skills and to put them into practice. Students' participation in the production of a publication will further contribute to their learning, including from peers.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

05. The capacity to work cooperatively with peers, to communicate with each other clearly in oral and written forms, and to share knowledges and skills.

Activities:: Group work in class, and the group-produced publication, offer rich opportunities for students learning to work together in industry-based practices.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research); Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills); Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills); Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills); Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills)

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Bendigo, 2018, Semester 1, Blended

Overview

Online enrolmentYes

Maximum enrolment sizeN/A

Enrolment information

Subject Instance Co-ordinatorMike Nolan

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 10 - 22
Twelve 1.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via video conference.

SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
Twelve 2.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%	ILO*
One 1500-word essay		15	04, 05
Production of group project	Each student will be assigned to a small group that will produce a publication, putting into practice the editing and publishing skills acquired during the subject.	35	02, 04, 05
One 2000-word essay	Essay in lieu of examination	50	02, 03

Melbourne, 2018, Semester 1, Blended