FC21159 Technical Communication

Course Outline

Course	: FC 22159 – Technical Communication
Programme	: BSc in Surveying Sciences – Foundation Course
Department	: Surveying & Geodesy
Faculty	: Faculty of Geomatics
Contact Hours	: 50
Year	: II
Semester	: I
Coordinator	: Dr. MDEK Gunathilaka
Room No.	: SF-12
Telephone No.	: 045-3453071
E-mail	: erandakan@geo.sab.ac.lk

Synopsis

This course will provide the skills needed to perform academic tasks, such as taking notes from written and oral texts, producing academic assignments and giving oral presentation related to their academic assignments. Through these tasks, students will practice various skills such as looking for information from various sources, extracting information from different text types, making notes of information obtained, expanding notes into coherent extended texts and presenting information as well as giving viewpoints in an oral presentation. This will run as a two day full time workshop with collaboration of external resource personals and this is jointly organized by the faculty of Geomatics and the Carrier Guidance Unit of Sabaragamuwa University.

Workshop Contents

Introduction
Writing process and writing for a target audience
Clarity and readability
Effective reading and listening
Summarizing and reporting
Mechanics of writing
Types of technical reports
Group discussions
Making effective oral presentations

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students should be able to:
No.	Course Learning Outcome	Programme Outcome	Assessment Methods
1.	Select, organize and develop information to suite the purpose and the audience's needs	P07	Group activities, Report
2.	Write clear and concise sentences and paragraphs, and edit and revise a writing to an acceptable industry standard	P07, P08, P12	Group activities, Report
3.	Express viewpoints in a clear, effective and organized way	P05, P07	Group activities, Report
4.	Produce specific documents such as Summary and technical reports about a related topic or task	P05, P07, P12	Group activities, Report
5.	Communicate effectively	P07	Group activities, Report

Student Learning Time (SLT)

Teaching and Learning Activities	Student Learning Time
Workshop - Technical Communication	16 hours (02 days)
Report writing	14 hours
Self-studies	20 hours
Total (SLT)	50 hours

Teaching Methodology

Lectures

Demonstrations

Group activities

Reports (individual)

Grading

Attendance	20%
Group activities (SCL)	40%
Report	40%
Total	100%