Certificate IV in Professional Writing and Editing

Pick up your pen or laptop – write your future career. Melbourne Polytechnic’s Certificate IV in Professional Writing and Editing prepares you for a career in the publishing industries. Work hard to develop your writing, voice, tone, editing and print production skills. Get your work published and immerse yourself within the literary world.

Your pathway to success as a writer

Enrolling in Melbourne Polytechnic’s Certificate IV in Professional Writing and Editing prepares you to work in professional writing, editing, design and other print or web-based publishing positions. Topics include nonfiction, editing and proofreading, popular and literary fiction, poetry and writing for children. You could gain employment as an editor, content writer, copywriter, language tutor or a related publishing role.

Industry connections and resources

We have fantastic teachers who are authors in their own right.

Edwina Preston whose first novel The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer had rave reviews. She also wrote a biography of Howard Arkley, Not Just a Suburban Boy.

Tim Hilton is a writer, academic and teacher, with a life-long love of Asian languages and anthropology.

Alex Senior is completing a creative writing PhD at the University of Melbourne. He teaches Desktop design in this course.

Carole Littler is a long-time teacher of writing and lover of books, with a special interest in Myths and Symbolism, Popular Genre Fiction and Writing for Children. She has nurtured the Professional Writing and Editing programme at Melbourne Polytechnic for the last 8 years and was a founding teacher in the course when it commenced in Greensborough in 2001.

You will have the opportunity to edit, design and lay out the twice-yearly course publication, Infusion. Another opportunity is to read your writings at one of our four student readings. We also encourage you to submit your work for publication to literary journals and get published in other ways such as on blogs or in magazines – an excellent way to build up your writing portfolio.

Course outcomes

You’ll sharpen your writing ability and knowledge of the production process. You can start your career as a writer, or go on to our Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing you could even continue on with credits to a bachelor degree – talk to us about this.

Assessment

You will be assessed through written exercises, research reports, tests, oral presentations, projects, articles, stories, novel, role plays, interviews, field visits, contribution to classroom discussion, demonstrations and collections of information.

Recognition of Prior Learning

You can seek RPL where your work or qualifications of an advanced and related nature have been undertaken. Academic Credit is granted on a case-by-case basis, according to our Academic Credit policy and associated procedures. Applications for Academic Credit will be assessed by relevant Melbourne Polytechnic academics and where appropriate, industry experts.

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