Master of Editing and Publishing

• Extend your current qualifications and editing skill set with UniSQ's Master of Editing and Publishing. Graduate with the know-how to enter industry at a management and executive level, by immersing yourself in discipline-based coursework, industry connections and research training.
• Develop your publishing project expertise by managing the entire process, through the acquisition, editorial, design, production and marketing phases involved in contemporary publishing, with an emphasis on digital production and publishing processes.
• Gain advanced skills in project management and leadership in both freelance and in-house editing practice.
• Add to your already growing portfolio with the opportunity to gain research skills and produce a thesis or large-scale practice-based project.
• Undertake a digital internship to work on an exciting book project with a professional publisher, an established magazine or journal, or work with a literary festival. You will also collaborate with fellow students on an independent publishing project.
• If you are a creative writer, use your editing and publishing skill to polish your raw manuscript to perfection, then independently publish and promote it as your major dissertation project.

• Graduates will have enhanced career opportunities in the publishing industry with further possibilities in teaching, editing, publishing, public service, archives and libraries.

To complete this degree students must complete 12 units. Most courses (similar to 'subjects') are valued at 1 unit. To study full-time you would usually complete 4 units per semester.

Refer to the UniSQ Handbook for courses to be studied and recommended enrolment patterns.

Complete your online application directly to UniSQ.

Applications for Semester 1, 2024 close on 19 February and the Semester 1 study period starts on 19 February 2024.

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