Units of Study
MECO6916 - Editing and Manuscript Preparation
Semester 1, 2011 | Credit Points: 6
Coordinator: Fiona Giles
Phone: +61 2 9036 6272
Email: fiona.giles@sydney.edu.au
Description
The unit of study offers core skills of copy and structural editing for trade, academic, scholarly and cross-over markets. It also analyses the editor's role in different compositional practices, the process of manuscript evaluation, development and preparation, and the relationship with the author and publisher. Students will form an editing team who will select, shape and prepare a manuscript for publication. This manuscript will be submitted to MECO6917 for processing into book form.
Assessments
1x700wd reader's report (15%), 1x500wd copyediting exercise and 1x300wd editorial overview (15%), 1x1500wd structural report (30%), 1x2000wd essay (30%) and participation (10%)
Textbooks
Course Reader
Flann, Elizabeth and Beryl Hill, The Australian Editing Handbook, 2nd edn, Sydney: John Wiley, 2004
Classes
1x2-hr seminar/week
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2 This class runs from Week 1 to Week 7
3 This class runs from Week 10 to Week 13
4 This class runs from Week 10 to Week 13
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