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

    Authorship and Publication
  • Unit Code

    WRT3215
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Marcella Kathleen POLAIN

Description

This unit explores aspects of trade publishing, professional resources for writers and publishers, and writing and editing for publication. Students consider legal and business aspects of publishing, such as copyright, contracts and marketing and produce an original creative work for submission to an international eBook distributor.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENG2115, WRT3115, WRT4115

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Review a range of technical, economic, social, legal and ethical matters associated with authorship and trade publishing.
  2. Conduct literary, archival, industry and other forms of research for writing and professional development.
  3. Produce, edit and digitally publish an original creative work as an ebook.
  4. Assess texts by other writers and propose ways to improve them with a view to publication.

Unit Content

  1. Trade publishing past and present.
  2. Legal and business aspects of publishing.
  3. Professional resources for writers and publishers.
  4. Research for writing (including archival sources).
  5. Writing workshops.
  6. Publication of an eBook via an international distributor.

Learning Experience

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

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars. Practical writing. Research, including use of J.S. Battye Library of Western Australian History. Self-publication. Readings, quizzes and discussion.

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
ExerciseResearch & writing exercise (creative work) 20%
PortfolioWriting and publishing tasks40%
ProjectPublication Project (creative work, ebook) 40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseResearch & writing exercise (creative work)20%
PortfolioWriting and publishing tasks40%
ProjectPublication Project (creative work, ebook)40%

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

    Authorship and Publication
  • Unit Code

    WRT3215
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Marcella Kathleen POLAIN

Description

This unit explores aspects of trade publishing, professional resources for writers and publishers, and writing and editing for publication. Students consider legal and business aspects of publishing, such as copyright, contracts and marketing and produce an original creative work for submission to an international eBook distributor.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENG2115, WRT3115, WRT4115

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Review a range of technical, economic, social, legal and ethical matters associated with authorship and trade publishing.
  2. Conduct literary, archival, industry and other forms of research for writing and professional development.
  3. Produce, edit and digitally publish an original creative work as an ebook.
  4. Assess texts by other writers and propose ways to improve them with a view to publication.

Unit Content

  1. Trade publishing past and present.
  2. Legal and business aspects of publishing.
  3. Professional resources for writers and publishers.
  4. Research for writing (including archival sources).
  5. Writing workshops.
  6. Publication of an eBook via an international distributor.

Learning Experience

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

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars. Practical writing. Research, including use of J.S. Battye Library of Western Australian History. Self-publication. Readings, quizzes and discussion.

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
ExerciseResearch & writing exercise (creative work) 20%
PortfolioWriting and publishing tasks40%
ProjectPublication Project (creative work, ebook) 40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseResearch & writing exercise (creative work)20%
PortfolioWriting and publishing tasks40%
ProjectPublication Project (creative work, ebook)40%

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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