ELEMENTS OF TECHNICAL SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION

Course objectives

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. To learn the fundamental elements of the technical‐scientific writing and interpersonal communication, tools that the graduates in scientific and technological disciplines in any sector use to disseminate data, facts, opinions, recommendations to the colleagues and the professional community where they will be involved. CAPABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. Capability to write a thesis, a summary, a report, an article, following the rules of the text canonical structure and starting from the plan of the communication objectives and the reader/listener characteristics. Knowledge of the psycho‐relational approaches to power the effectiveness of the public speaking, the stimulus of the personal creativity and the capability of supervision and leading. MAKING AUTONOMOUS JUDGEMENTS. Ability to critically and competently evaluate approaches and solutions to problems of technical‐scientific communications. COMMUNICATE SKILLS. Ability to describe problems and solutions adopted to tackle issues of technical‐scientific communications. LEARNING SKILLS. Ability to broaden and deepen their knowledge on advanced topics of technical‐scientific communications.

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Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Historical elements Introduction to Technical Writing Recommended Resources Good Style Building goodwill Half Truths About Writing Better Style 11 Ways to Build Better Style Draft Testing Organizational Preferences Writing a technical-scientific manuscript About scientific writing Approaching a tech-scientific manuscript Structure of a tech-scientific manuscript Title Abstract/summary Index of contents Introduction and objectives Methods and data Results and discussion Conclusion Appendix and acknowledgments References Publishing a tech-scientific paper Public speaking The Speech Communication Process Organizing a Speech Speech delivery Visual Aids Hints on Effective Public Speaking
Prerequisites
No prerequisite is required
Books
IEEE, Preparation of papers for IEEE Transactions and Journals, 2013 Lannon J.M. Technical writing, Boston, Ed. Massachussets Univ., 1992 Technical Communication by Paul Anderson Pocket Book of Technical Writing for Engineers & Scientists by Leo Finkelstein
Frequency
In presence not mandatory
Exam mode
Evaluation of a scientific manuscript according to a form provided through the website to be sent by e-mail
Lesson mode
Lectures with slides in presence
  • Lesson codeAAF1880
  • Academic year2024/2025
  • CourseElectronics Engineering
  • CurriculumElectronics Engineering (percorso valido anche ai fini del conseguimento del doppio titolo italo-statunitense o italo-francese) - in lingua inglese
  • Year2nd year
  • Semester1st semester
  • CFU1
  • Subject areaAltre conoscenze utili per l'inserimento nel mondo del lavoro