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This program is offered only to continuing students. No new admissions will be accepted. Students who are interested in this study area should consider the Master of Arts. ..

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Program aims

The program aims to produce graduates who have developed:

• a high degree of understanding of the theoretical, ethical, legal and practical elements of professional editing and publishing, and of the management of publishing projects

• a high level of intellectual and practical skills to apply knowledge in professional practice.

Program objectives

On successful completion of the program students will:

• be able to demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of design concepts, technical skills, legal and ethical constraints, and editorial processes in the publishing environment

• be able to apply theoretical understanding and decision-making processes in the planning, production, editing and coordination of publication of work to professional standards

• be able to demonstrate possession of the skills required to publish to a professional standard

• demonstrate a knowledge of the principles and issues in editing and publishing

• have acquired either:

  • appropriate skills in research methodology,

  • basic web publishing skills

  • contextual theoretical knowledge relevant to modern communication.

  
  

Admission requirements

Admission requirements for the Graduate Diploma of Editing and Publishing are completion of a Bachelor degree in any recognised tertiary field, or equivalent, at pass level or above. Applicants may be accepted for commencement in semester 2 and should enrol in and/or their elective course.

Domestic and International Applicants from a non-English speaking background are required to satisfy .

If you do not meet the English language requirements you may apply to study a 精东传媒app-approved . On successful completion of the English language program, Applicants may be admitted to an Award Program.

Program fees

Domestic full fee paying place

Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the
Domestic full fee paying students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called provided they meet the residency and citizenship requirements.
Australian citizens, Permanent Humanitarian Visa holders, Permanent Resident visa holders and New Zealand citizens who will be resident outside Australia for the duration of their program pay full tuition fees and are not eligible for .

International full fee paying place

International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, via distance education/online. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .

Program structure

The Graduate Diploma of Editing and Publishing consists of eight units. The first four units (equal to the Graduate Certificate of Editing and Publishing) focus on print or text based publishing while the second four units focus on management and/or multimedia publishing.

Required time limits

Students have a maximum of 4 years to complete this program.

Elective courses

One course selected from:

IT requirements

The following minimum configuration is recommended:

• Intel Pentium, Power Mac or equivalent

• 64Mb RAM

• 4Gb hard disk

• DVD drive; sound card

• video display card capable of displaying more than 256 colours

• Windows 98, Macintosh system 8.6 or later operation system

• 56kb modem.

Students will also require regular access to email and the World Wide Web.

Students studying courses with multimedia, journalism, public relations and media production content may be expected to work in basic HTML, and/or programs such as Adobe PageMaker, Photoshop, Premier, Macromedia Director and Quark XPress or similar software. Please note, not all courses may teach how to use these advanced applications. However, students are welcome to work in these programs at their own discretion and may require a higher minimum computer configuration to do so. Students taking Multimedia Studies courses should normally have knowledge of web design programs such as FrontPage and Dreamweaver.

Please see the following URL for up-to-date advice on computing requirements .

Articulation

This program articulates from the Graduate Certificate of Editing and Publishing and into the .

Credit

Applicants who have completed appropriate courses from other universities may apply for up to four units of credit.

Recommended enrolment pattern

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, distance education or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.

Note: Students who have completed JRN5000 Editing and Proofreading and JRN5001 Writing for Editors but not and are advised to take and .