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ISE-5054: Engineering Discourse

Description: Overview of effective writing, speaking, and editing skills needed to convey engineering concepts to a wide range of audiences (in academic and non-academic contexts). High-level editing practices, effective literature review techniques, practical speaking/presentation methods, professional documentation and leadership tactics, coherent/cohesive paragraph structures, rhetoric/discourse practices, and other related skills within engineering-specific contexts. Pre: Graduate Standing.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 2

Average GPA: 3.77 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 56.75%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

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