| Course Name | Technical Communication |
| Course Code | 19ENG111 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, B. Tech. in Civil Engineering, B. Tech. in Aerospace Engineering, B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering, B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering, B. Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, B. Tech. in Computer and Communication Engineering, B. Tech. in Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Semester | One and Two |
| Year Taught | 2019 |
Mechanics of Writing: Grammar rules -articles, tenses, auxiliary verbs (primary & modal) prepositions, subject-verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent agreement, discourse markers and sentence linkers
General Reading and Listening comprehension – rearrangement & organization of sentences
Different kinds of written documents: Definitions- descriptions- instructions-recommendations- user manuals – reports – proposals
Formal Correspondence: Writing formal Letters
Mechanics of Writing: impersonal passive & punctuation
Scientific Reading & Listening Comprehension
Technical paper writing: documentation style – document editing – proof reading – Organising and formatting
Mechanics of Writing: Modifiers, phrasal verbs, tone and style, graphical representation
Reading and listening comprehension of technical documents
Mini Technical project (10 -12 pages)
Technical presentations
Weightage: Internal Assessment (70%) and External Assessment (30%)
Periodical 1: 10% of Total Weightage Periodical 2: 10% of the Total Weightage Continuous Assessment: 10% of Total Weightage Lab: 40% of Total Weightage
End Semester Examination: 30% of Total Weightage
Objectives
Course Outcomes
The student at the end of the course will
| CO1 | To gain knowledge about the mechanics of writing and the elements of formal correspondence |
| CO2 | To understand and summarise technical documents |
| CO3 | To apply the basic elements of language in formal correspondence |
| CO4 | To interpret and analyze information and to organize ideas in a logical and coherent manner |
| CO5 | To compose project reports/ documents, revise them for language accuracy and make technical presentations |
Mapping of course outcomes with program outcomes:
| Course Outcomes | PO1 | PO2 | PO3 | PO4 | PO5 | PO6 | PO7 | PO8 | PO9 | PO10 | PO11 | PO12 |
| CO1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| CO2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| CO3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| CO4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| CO5 | 2 | 1 |
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