Intro course on college-level communication, academic research, and engineering ethics, focusing on written/oral skills, audience analysis, and credible sources.
Past student reviews · Patrick Fessenbecker
Students reported the workload was heavier than other engineering classes, with graduate-level readings given only two days' notice and exams often scheduled back-to-back.
Communicate effectively in both written and oral formats, especially within technical and applied STEM contexts, by aligning research, purpose, and organization with academic conventions and the needs of diverse audiences.
Apply rhetorical principles to analyze audiences, purposes, and genres, using appropriate tools and techniques to adapt communication strategies.
Engage in the full writing and speaking process, including planning, drafting, reviewing, revising, and collaborating with peers to improve written and spoken communication.
Use evidence and reasoning to develop and support arguments in communication tasks, while thinking critically about what constitutes credible evidence and how to synthesize information from relevant and recent research.
Identify and evaluate ethical dimensions of real-world problems, particularly in STEM-related discourse, and practice advancing a clear, informed, and empathetic point of view on the social and ethical implications of emerging technologies.
Build inclusive teamwork skills by adapting to diverse audiences and contexts, engaging respectfully across cultural and work-style differences, and ensuring equitable participation in both written and spoken interactions.
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Raw average: 3.11/5 from 9 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.
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Past student reviews · Patrick Fessenbecker
Patrick Fessenbecker's course prioritized vague debates over ethics and assigned graduate-level readings with roughly two days' notice. Students reported the workload exceeded other engineering classes, with exams and quizzes often clustered on the same days. Feedback was limited to video-only responses and arrived over a week late.
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Past student reviews · Patrick Fessenbecker
The course focused on vague debates like 'what is engineering?' rather than specific ethics, which reviewers felt did not match the title.
Past student reviews · Patrick Fessenbecker
Students reported the workload was heavier than other engineering classes, with graduate-level readings given only two days' notice and exams often scheduled back-to-back.
Past student reviews · Patrick Fessenbecker
Patrick Fessenbecker provided video-only feedback that arrived more than a week late, while the course included few assignments overall.
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Introduction to Writing, Speaking, and Ethics for Engineers
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