UNSW Handbook Course - Academic Discourse in Engineering

Academic Discourse in Engineering - ENGG0380


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Electrical Eng and Telecommunications
	Course Outline: http://www.eng.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 3
	EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
	CSS Contribution Charge:Band 1 (more info)
	Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

The expectations and conventions applying to spoken and written communications within the engineering discipline. Different textual genres and cultural traditions. Aspects of rhetoric. Ethical use of material.

Students will improve their ability to collect and build ideas into coherent arguments, learn how to construct texts that demonstrate critical thinking, and develop their communication skills (speaking, listening, writing & reading) suitably for professional practice.

Pre-requisite: Previous study towards a BE, enrolment by invitation only
Co-requisite: Only available to students concurrently enrolled in an undergraduate engineering program.

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