COMMUNICATING TECHNICAL INFORMATION

EPD 612

Learn key principles and tools of project management applicable to a broad range of engineering projects. Covers techniques for project planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and project tracking, as well as the interface between projects and the organizations within which they are executed.

EPD 398

Internship with local corporation, industry, government agency, or educational unit. Includes classroom components: use and misuse of social media; managing workplace-related conflicts; communicating technical information to colleagues; identifying and resolving engineering ethics challenges; practicing group discussion and presentation skills.

INTEREGR 397

Communication for engineering, science, and technology; theory and practice in planning, preparing, and critiquing reports, proposals, and workplace correspondence; persuasive argumentation, ethical decision-making strategies, multidisciplinary communication skills, research strategies, collaborative work; oral presentations.

EPD 701

Preparation to produce effective written communication that is suitable for inter-professional and inter-disciplinary audiences in a variety of workplaces. Apply these strategies and tools.

INTEREGR 275

Principles and theory of effective oral technical presentations. Provides a framework for applying the principles in professional settings common to the engineering profession. Preparation, delivery, and evaluation of oral presentation on technical subjects, analysis of professional "real-world" technical presentations, survey of presentation technology, self-analysis including listening and non-verbal skills, and practice of group discussion and interview skills.