ENGRC 3500

Engineering Communications

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

Prepares students for important communication activities. They communicate using various types of documents (e.g., emails, memos, problem analyses, proposals, progress reports), give oral presentations, and incorporate graphics in their oral and written work. Students learn how to communicate specialized information to different audiences (e.g., technical and nontechnical audiences, colleagues and clients, peers and supervisors, and in-house departments), work in teams, and address organizational and ethical issues. The course material is drawn from professional contexts, principally engineering, and it generates lively discussion. The class size ensures close attention to each student's work.

When Offered Fall, Winter, Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: second semester seniors or permission of instructor.
Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: two First-Year Writing Seminars and major affiliation.

Distribution Category (CE-EN)
Satisfies Requirement Fulfills college technical-writing requirement. This course also fulfills a liberal studies requirement. May be used as free or approved elective in expressive arts.

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