4011 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Editing
This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course
| Abbreviated title | GradCertProfEdit |
|---|---|
| Managing faculty | Arts |
| Study location and mode | On-campus (Caulfield) |
| Total credit points required | 24 |
| Duration (years) | 1 year PT Part-time study only |
| Course coordinator | Dr David Dunstan |
Description
The preparation and release of publications and documentation in this profession invariably requires both a high degree of editorial competence and a sound knowledge of a discipline. Professionals know their work but the education they receive in their field does not prepare them to be a professional editor. Professional publishing (of journals and books in print or electronic form) employs graduates of a wide variety of the professional disciplines, not just the humanities. This program equips trained professionals from a wide variety of fields to undertake publishing ventures and to enter the publishing industries.
In particular, this course offers the component of professional education in editing to graduates who are about to begin their professional career, or to those who want to develop special skills in editing for professional purposes.
Objectives
On completion of this course students should:
- be able to apply the skills of a professional editor to a variety of practical publishing situations
- be able to further develop his/her skills as professional editor
- have the ability to critically review standard editorial style guides and production manuals
- understand the role of the professional editor in the development of complex electronic publications
- undertake the role of the senior or managing editor in a variety of publishing situations
- undertake the responsibilities of the professional editor in the management of publishing projects and, for this purpose, in-house or freelance editors, designers, illustrators and book production staff
- be able to scrutinise and consider codes of publishing practice and newly evolving formal statements of editorial standards.
Structure
Requirements
Core units
Progression to further studies
Award(s) received on completion *
* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.