ENGRC 5028

Advanced Engineering Communications

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

Prepares students for important communication activities in the context of engineering work. Students will learn communication concepts and strategies including genre and audience analysis, information design, metadiscourse, coherence and cohesion, and will produce many genres of written communication which may include emails, memos, proposals, progress reports, or other genres. Students will give oral presentations and incorporate graphics in their oral and written work. Students learn how to communicate specialized information to diff erent audiences (e.g., technical and nontechnical audiences, colleagues and clients, peers and supervisors, and in-house departments), and address ethical issues in communication, including using GenAI, bias, equity, inclusiveness, and accessibility. The course material is drawn from professional contexts, principally engineering, and it generates lively discussion.

Enrollment Information Enrollment limited to: Master of Engineering students.

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Learning Outcomes

• Students will analyze rhetorical situations, audiences, and genres.
• Students will demonstrate appropriate information design principles and strategies
• Students will demonstrate best practices for working with Generative AI for ethical communication.

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