ES2331

ES2331 - Communicating Engineering

This course aims to help students communicate competently and ethically in various communication situations. This will be done through rigorous and critical analyses of communicative texts and events, as well as applications of principles of effective communication. In the process, the course also helps develop students’ understanding of how their identities and values are shaped by, and shape, engineering practice.

Objectives

At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

  • demonstrate an understanding of communication as a complex process with ethical and cultural dimensions;
  • demonstrate perceptiveness and critical thinking in specific and broad communication situations;
  • demonstrate rhetorical and interpersonal sensitivity in various communication situations; and
  • use thought, language, and action competently and ethically in various communication situations.

Assessment

ES2331 is a 100% Continuous Assessment module.

Prerequisites

  • If students are required to take ES1000, Basic English, and/or ES1102, English for Academic Purposes, they must complete those modules before taking this course.
  • A student should have taken ES1531, Critical Thinking and Writing, (previously EG1413) before taking this module.

Preclusions

  • ES1501A, ES1501B, ES1501C
  • Utown Students cannot bid for ES2331.

Modular Credits

Four

Workload

0-4-0-3-3