This subject requires you to do a practical placement, please see Additional Requirements for more information.
Professional Writing Placement and Project
UndergraduateCUR-PWP3232025
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Put your writing voice to the test in a real-world workplace. Generate content to fit the public or private sector. Reflect on your work with staff and your fellow students. Expose yourself to challenges unique to the professional writing world.
- Study method
- Online & on-campus
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 24 Aug 2025
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $2,346
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Professional Writing Placement and Project
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- apply professional writing and editing skills in a workplace context
- work independently and collaboratively to develop ideas and policies and manage practical workplace issues
- critically reflect on and evaluate professional writing and associated work placement tasks and issues.
- Preparing for a work placement
- Reflecting on a work placement
- Preparing job application materials
- Why do writers create portfolios?
- What is a personal brand?
- Growing your brand and writing career
This subject provides students with the opportunity to refine their professional writing skills on real-world projects. Students will either undertake a work placement in an approved public or private sector workplace, or they will work independently on a real-world project sourced by the Unit Coordinator. The subject requires students to communicate with their peers regarding their progress and lessons learned. Assessment and supervision will be provided by academic and workplace supervisors. Students will also develop professional documents to establish their professional persona or brand, such as a LinkedIn profile or an online portfolio of their own writing.
Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.
Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.
- Weekly reflection (30%)
- Job-seeking documents (20%)
- Employer's report (50%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
Equivalent subjects
You won't be able to enrol into this subject if you've already successfully completed or currently enrolled in the following subject(s) as they are considered anti-requisites due to the similarity of the content.
CUR-PWP324 (Not currently available)
Others
Professional practice is available to final year students in a degree with a Professional Writing and Publishing major. You must have written subject coordinator approval prior to enrolling in this subject.
Additional requirements
- Placement requirements - Requires fieldwork placement of 105 hours in a professional workplace.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.
What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing) (Professional Writing and Publishing)
UndergraduateCUR-CWP-DEG
Bachelor of Arts (Digital and Social Media) (Professional Writing and Publishing)
UndergraduateCUR-ICP-DEG
Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) (Professional Writing and Publishing)
UndergraduateCUR-FAP-DEG
Bachelor of Arts (Professional Writing and Publishing)
UndergraduateCUR-PWP-DEG
Bachelor of Arts (Professional Writing and Publishing) (Visual Culture)
UndergraduateCUR-PVC-DEG
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