ENGRC 5340

Independent Study

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

The independent study offering is a very limited offering for graduate students in a College of Engineering Master's program who propose a deep-dive, specific project that focuses on a narrowly defined communication topic (engineering, technical, science, or business/management adjacent). Students may request consideration for an Ind Study if they have an issue, research avenue, or sharply defined topic to explore that is not already "settled" within their fields. Students will work with faculty who have agreed in advance on the topic, the need, and the unique value-add that such a project would bring.  Students, within their particular Master's program, will have to get approvals of this coursework to count towards their graduate degree; it is not the responsibility of the Engineering Communication Program to secure these approvals. Projects must be completed within the semester offered.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: early admit status in a Master's Program in the College of Engineering.

• Identify, research, negotiate, and compose differing forms of communication to further a technical or engineering effort within its diverse and organizational context.
• Plan, devise, formulate, design, and report information via professional presentations or short talks for a variety of diverse technical and stakeholder needs.
• Visualize, illustrate, and appropriately caption visuals; discriminate between methodologies for creating visuals other multimodal artifacts to support the technical endeavor; create visuals and multimodal artifacts that are accessible.
• Identify, research, negotiate, and produce communication artifacts that recognize and are respectful of diverse expertise and experiences pertaining to that may include perspectives grounded in training, gender, race, disability, and preconceived notions of "professionalism."
• Perform, collect, analyze, evaluate, and integrate deep-dive research that includes database searches, primary sources, and original (primary) research.

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