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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Introduction to Editing

  • Unit Code

    WRT2110

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Marcella Kathleen POLAIN

Description

This unit introduces students to the basics of editing written texts, including the alignment of purpose and readership and the importance of clarity, accuracy, consistency and house style. Students learn effective copyediting and proofreading strategies and attend to structure, grammar, punctuation and style. They also consider some legal, ethical and practical issues involved in editing and publishing.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded WRT4110, WRT5110, WRT1110

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Recognise and debate key legal, ethical and practical issues editors may encounter in their work.
  2. Review and apply editing and proofreading principles, methods, tools and style guides.
  3. Review and apply grammar, style and punctuation conventions.
  4. Evaluate and improve texts, including their own, to address intended purpose and readership.

Unit Content

  1. Editing roles and resources, including style guides.
  2. Grammar, punctuation and style conventions.
  3. Editing principles, including clarity, accuracy and inclusive language.
  4. Copyediting and proofreading.
  5. Writing and editing for a specific publication.
  6. Legal and ethical issues involved in editing and publishing.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioLanguage quizzes (25%); participation (10%)35%
ExerciseWriting and editing (short narrative)30%
ExaminationExamination35%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioLanguage quizzes (25%); participation (10%)35%
ExerciseWriting and editing (short narrative)30%
ExaminationExamination35%

Core Reading(s)

  • (2002). Style manual for authors, editors and printers. Milton, Qld: Wiley. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/49316140?databaseList=638

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Introduction to Editing

  • Unit Code

    WRT2110

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Marcella Kathleen POLAIN

Description

This unit introduces students to the basics of editing written texts, including the alignment of purpose and readership and the importance of clarity, accuracy, consistency and house style. Students learn effective copyediting and proofreading strategies and attend to structure, grammar, punctuation and style. They also consider some legal, ethical and practical issues involved in editing and publishing.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded WRT4110, WRT5110, WRT1110

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Recognise and debate key legal, ethical and practical issues editors may encounter in their work.
  2. Review and apply editing and proofreading principles, methods, tools and style guides.
  3. Review and apply grammar, style and punctuation conventions.
  4. Evaluate and improve texts, including their own, to address intended purpose and readership.

Unit Content

  1. Editing roles and resources, including style guides.
  2. Grammar, punctuation and style conventions.
  3. Editing principles, including clarity, accuracy and inclusive language.
  4. Copyediting and proofreading.
  5. Writing and editing for a specific publication.
  6. Legal and ethical issues involved in editing and publishing.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioLanguage quizzes (25%); participation (10%)35%
ExerciseWriting and editing (short narrative)30%
ExaminationExamination35%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioLanguage quizzes (25%); participation (10%)35%
ExerciseWriting and editing (short narrative)30%
ExaminationExamination35%

Core Reading(s)

  • (2002). Style manual for authors, editors and printers. Milton, Qld: Wiley. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/49316140?databaseList=638

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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