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morslaSo. 20,000 words split between four subjects. Five weeks in. I think I need some kind of survival plan.
Rather than complaining about the intimidatingly career-driven postgrads who are taking subjects on behalf of their day jobs, I've decided to copy their level of focus. Of course, I don't actually have the support network that would come with a job in the area I'm studying, but there's nothing stopping me from using semester two to do some research that's personally relevant...
Plus, with the close spacing of the assessment deadlines, I like the sound of research that can feed into multiple assignments.
Communications Entrepreneur
A1: Industry research folio. Develop an industry profile for freelance scientific and technical writing.
A2: Research essay. Topics not yet available, but will cover strategic business planning and managing creative & communications work environments.
A3: Portfolio. Business plan summary (see A1), capability statement, client presentation.
Publishing
A1: Publication proposal, plan and design brief for an Australian popular science magazine, including market research.
A2: Research assignment examining popular nonfiction publishing in the Australian market.
Creative Non-Fiction
A1: Research Essay. Established and emerging markets for popular science.
A2: Major article. Feature (3000 words) - 'A flock of cyborgs: the use of animals as information-gathering machines.'
Media Design
Five assignments, all with a limited range of choice on topic areas. Still virtually no information for the subject, either...
In other news, I finished an entry for the next round of Tom's Reaper Miniatures painting contest. If any of you happen to pass through Mind Games in the next week or two, it's the vignette with a pair of grave robbers. I might enter the other categories, if I can get another entry or two painted before close of busines tomorrow - I won't be home from uni 'til 9:30pm, though, so I'm not counting on it.
Rather than complaining about the intimidatingly career-driven postgrads who are taking subjects on behalf of their day jobs, I've decided to copy their level of focus. Of course, I don't actually have the support network that would come with a job in the area I'm studying, but there's nothing stopping me from using semester two to do some research that's personally relevant...
Plus, with the close spacing of the assessment deadlines, I like the sound of research that can feed into multiple assignments.
Communications Entrepreneur
A1: Industry research folio. Develop an industry profile for freelance scientific and technical writing.
A2: Research essay. Topics not yet available, but will cover strategic business planning and managing creative & communications work environments.
A3: Portfolio. Business plan summary (see A1), capability statement, client presentation.
Publishing
A1: Publication proposal, plan and design brief for an Australian popular science magazine, including market research.
A2: Research assignment examining popular nonfiction publishing in the Australian market.
Creative Non-Fiction
A1: Research Essay. Established and emerging markets for popular science.
A2: Major article. Feature (3000 words) - 'A flock of cyborgs: the use of animals as information-gathering machines.'
Media Design
Five assignments, all with a limited range of choice on topic areas. Still virtually no information for the subject, either...
In other news, I finished an entry for the next round of Tom's Reaper Miniatures painting contest. If any of you happen to pass through Mind Games in the next week or two, it's the vignette with a pair of grave robbers. I might enter the other categories, if I can get another entry or two painted before close of busines tomorrow - I won't be home from uni 'til 9:30pm, though, so I'm not counting on it.
