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Professional Communication (ES2007S)

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The course helps students to generate and organize ideas for clear, convincing and effective oral and written messages and to present these ideas with linguistic and graphic competence appropriate to their audience, context and purpose in various social settings, but most especially, in the workplace. Thus, you will:

  • learn about communication principles and elements of effective writing that can impact the way you communicate;
  • spend time in and outside class to practice what you have learned through problem solving, doing case studies, interacting with classmates and implementing a variety of projects;
  • create a blog as an e-portfolio and make posts on it related to content topics and then read classmates' posts and add comments;
  • participate in a research project in which you conduct survey-based research and present a formal proposal (via a class wiki); 
  • submit proof of your learning (individual and group assignments) to your lecturer for grading;
  • interact and conference with your lecturer to enhance your learning.

 

Aims & Objectives

By the end of the course, you should:

  • understand the basic principles of good communication;
  • be able to employ a variety of appropriate strategies in order to make a favorable impression and successfully exchange ideas with others;
  • know how to plan, construct and produce "professional" messages that are clear, convincing and fitting to audience, context, and purpose.

 

Prerequisites

ES2007S is a 4 Modular Credit course for Years 2, 3 and 4 students who can read it as a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory module.

This module can be used to count towards:
(i) CFM requirements for cohort 2000-1 & before.
(ii) UE (outside student's faculty) for cohorts 2001-2.
(iii) Breadth Requirements for cohorts 2002-3 & after.

 

Assessment

For 2009-2010, evaluated assignments and behaviors (100%) include the following:

1) E-portfolio (30%)
2) Peer teaching (10%)
3) Application letter (10%)
4) Research project (20%) 
5) Oral presentation (20%)
6) Class participation (10%)

There is no final exam.

For more information, please contact Mr. Brad Blackstone at elcbb@nus.edu.sg