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Undergraduate handbook 2004
Arts
Bachelor of Communication/Diploma of Arts (Professional Writing and Editing)
Course code: 1945 + Berwick + Administered by the Faculty
of Arts
This course provides major studies in the theory, practice,
technology and research techniques of mass communications together with studies
at Chisholm TAFE designed to provide students with the theoretical base and the
practical skills in a variety of writing, editing and production tasks. This
course involves students undertaking concurrent studies for the Monash Bachelor
of Communication degree and the Chisholm Institute of TAFE diploma.
Refer to `Entry requirements' under `Arts regulations and
definitions' earlier in this section.
For the Bachelor of Communication component, refer to the
information on course structure in the Bachelor of Communication entry earlier
in this section.
The Diploma of Arts (Professional Writing and Editing)
consists of 10 modules chosen from the following:
- Editing 1A and 1B
- Practical placement
- Computer skills for writers and editors
- Writing for children (younger readers) A and B
- Desktop publishing I
- Role of the editor
- Industry overview I
- Short story writing 1A and 1B
- Non-fiction writing 1A and 1B
- Writer and research I
- Novel writing 1A and 1B
- Scriptwriting 1A and 1B
- Poetry 1A and 1B
- Corporate writing 1A and 1B
- Popular fiction 1A and 1B
- Writing for radio
Plus eight of the following:
- Authoring a multimedia project 2
- Editing 2A and 2B
- Literary non-fiction project 2
- Myths symbols A and B
- Non-fiction project 2A and 2B
- Novel 2A and 2B
- Performance workshop 2
- Scientific and technical writing 2
- Screenwriting fiction project 2
- Short story writing 2A and 2B
- Small press publishing 2
- Writing histories 2A and 2B
- Writing for young adults A and B
- Writing for children (older readers) A and B
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