| CODE | ENR1112 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Technical Report Writing | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Metallurgy and Materials Engineering | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is intended to develop the transferable communication skills of engineering students through suitable technical report writing. Study-unit Aims: - To familiarize students with academic (e.g. assignments), scientific (e,g. journal articles) and technical writing (procedures, specifications, analysis reports etc); - To present key techniques necessary for the presentation of data and information. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Recognise differences in report style and content; - Identify the principal characteristics of good writing (clarity, completeness, order, accuracy etc). 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Plan and present a report which effectively addresses its principal intent such as convey key scientific findings; - Construct reports following a plan: Think, plan, write and revise in a clear, concise, consistent, and accurate manner; - Characterize key aspects of presenting data, tables and images; - Criticize their own work and that of others; - Explore different sources of information (standards, books, open source databases etc) and cite accordingly. Main Texts and Supplementary Readings: Main Texts: - Scientists Must Write: A Guide to Better Writing for Scientists, Engineers and Students; Robert Barrass, 2002; Routledge, ISBN: 0415269962, 2nd Edition. - The Art of Scientific Writing: From Student Reports to Professional Publications in Chemistry and Related Fields; Hans Friedrich Ebel, 2004; Wiley VCH; ISBN: 3527298290, 2nd Edition. Supplementary reading: - Technical Writing A-Z: A Commonsense Guide to Engineering Reports and Theses; Trevor M. Young, 2005; ISBN: 079180237X. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Sophie Briffa |
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