ES2007D - Professional Communication

Objectives

This course teaches receptive and productive communication techniques needed in increasingly global and competitive environments. Students learn to generate and organise ideas for clear, convincing and effective oral and written messages, present these ideas with linguistic and graphic competence, and deliver messages appropriate to their audience, context and purpose. The topics covered are: the fundamentals of communication, and the language, format, content, organisation, and focus of different types of oral and written communication. Evaluation comprises continual assessment (100%).

This course has been designed to develop:

• an understanding of basic communication theories, group dynamics, critical thinking, the role of peer review and teamwork;
• mastery of concepts and skills involved in written and oral communication;
• skills in designing and writing in a variety of genres that reaches and moves an audience
• ability to investigate, analyse, evaluate, respond to and influence ideas, beliefs, and attitudes of others.

 

Modular Credits: 4

Workload: 0-4-0-3-3

Prerequisite(s): Students required to take ES1000 and AR/BE/ID1000 or ES1101 must clear those courses first before taking ES2007D.

Preclusion(s): CS2301, ES2002, ES2007A, ES2007E, ES2007S

Format

The course comprises, essentially, three main components:

• Fundamentals of Communication
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication

Lectures will be complemented by mini-lectures (student-led), tutorials, group discussions, peer and self reviews, web-based activities, writing-to-communicate workshops, and lecturer-student conferences.

Assessment

A combination of group and individual assignments will be set. Evaluation is based solely on continual assessments.

Attendance

Attendance at tutorials is compulsory.

Course website

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