Technical Writing and Presentation SkillsLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

On completion of the course the student will be able to locate, reference and use relevant source material for the project at hand, as well as evaluate the reliability of web references; write reports on projects and present them orally; include and refer to tables, figures, mathematical expressions and other data appropriately in reports and oral presentations; cooperate and network with associates from other disciplines as well as communicate appropriately with various interest groups.

Content

• Sources: basics of locating, using and referencing relevant source material for an SBE project.
• Ethical issues: plagiarism
• Project communication: e-mail correspondence; memos; meetings; defending and opposing ideas; presentations, presentation graphics;
• Reporting results: planning, structuring and writing reports; conventions of technical writing and presentations; writing professional slides; include and refer to tables, figures, mathematical expressions and other data appropriately in reports and oral presentations

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Speaking:
The student gives a satisfactory presentation with visual aids. The student participates in group communication.
Writing:
The student knows how to write structured texts. The student is to an extent able to modify his or her texts according to context and text type.
Retrieval and use of information:
The student is mostly able to find information relevant to his or her needs. The student is familiar with the principles of evaluating the reliability of sources of information. The student is, with some help, able to document and refer to his or her sources correctly.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Speaking:
The student gives a relatively good presentation with visual aids. The student participates actively in group communication.
Writing:
The student is mostly able to write structered text and pay attention to the context and text-type conventions.
Retrieval and use of information:
The student is able to find information relevant to his or her needs. The student is mostly able to evaluate the reliability of his or her sources of information. The student is able to document and refer to his or her sources of information.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Speaking:
The student gives a good presentation with visual aids. The student facilitates group communication.
Writing:
The student is able to write well-structured texts and modify them to suit various contexts, follow text-type conventions and even, when natural, depart from them.
Writing:
The student is able to write well-structured texts and modify them to suit various contexts, follow text-type conventions and even, when natural, depart from them.
Retrieval and use of information:
The student is able to find field-specific information and evaluate its reliability. The student is able to document and refer to his or her sources correctly.