ES5101
ES5101 - Technical Communication for Engineers
Designed for graduate students of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department, ES5101 is a module that aims to prepare students to write for publication and to give oral presentations of their academic work. In this module, besides discussing the general characteristics of academic writing, students will have the opportunity to explore and become familiar with the style and conventions of academic writing in their own discipline. In addition, the differences between written and oral discourse will be investigated, with a focus on presenting academic material to a variety of academic and non-academic audiences.
Objectives
During this module, students will develop their competence in the following areas:
1. Writing for publication
This includes analyzing followed by
a) planning and organizing a research-based article,
b) writing an abstract,
c) reading, reviewing and critiquing research-based articles, and
d) using formal academic conventions.
2. Delivering oral presentations to academic and non-academic audiences
This entails appreciating the differences between a written academic paper and a conference presentation, as well as learning how to shape and present the same content as a publishable written text and an oral presentation to both technical as well as non-technical audiences (i.e., corporate management).
Assessment
ES5101 is a 100% Continuous Assessment module.
Prerequisites
- Any student required to take the Diagnostic English Test must do so and if required to take ES5000, Basic Level Writing, and/or ES5001A, Intermediate Level Writing must complete those modules before taking ES5101.
- ES5101 is a compulsory module for ECE M. Eng and PhD students, from August 2011 intake.
Preclusions
None
Modular Credits
Four
Workload
0-4-0-2-4