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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

314011 (v.1) Advanced Editing and Publishing 522

Area: Department of Communication and Cultural Studies
Credits: 25.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Seminar: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 314083 (v.1) GPWP522 Advanced Editing and Publishing or any previous version
Prerequisite(s): 312481 (v.1) Writing, Editing and Publishing 511 or any previous version
Syllabus: This unit provides advanced instruction in editing and publishing, with particular emphasis on skills and knowledge for e-publishing. Students develop their skills in the economics and business of publishing, manuscript appraisal, structural and copy editing, and online and hard copy editing, proofing, and publishing. Students will undertake a real-world e-pub editing and publishing exercise, taking a project from the manuscript submission stage to publication.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type:

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External