Introductory project in Environmental EngineeringLaajuus (5 ECTS)

Objective

Professional English:
On completion of the course, the student will be able to produce formal reports and present them orally, refer to and include tables and figures appropriately in reports and oral presentations, evaluate the reliability of sources, and apply the conventions of technical writing and citation styles when writing a project report.

Content

Professional English:
- Project proposals, progress reports and project report
- Tables and figures in written reports and oral presentations
- Documentation of data and source material in texts
- Academic style

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Professional English:
Student
- is able to produce a simple basic formal project report and present it fairly effectively and professionally orally
- knows how to evaluate and find relevant sources when writing a project report or preparing a project presentation
- knows the basic conventions of technical writing, documenting sources, and referring to and including tables, figures, mathematical expressions and chemical formulae appropriately in reports and oral presentations, but is able to apply only some of them in project documents.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Professional English:
Student
- is able to produce a basic formal project report and present it effectively and professionally orally
- is generally able to evaluate and find relevant sources when writing a project report or preparing a project presentation
- is able to apply most of the basic conventions of technical writing, documenting sources, and referring to and including tables, figures, mathematical expressions and chemical formulae appropriately in reports and oral presentations

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Professional English:
Student
- is able to produce different types of formal project reports and present them very effectively and professionally orally
- is able to evaluate and find relevant sources when writing a project report or preparing a project presentation
- is able to apply all the basic conventions of technical writing, documenting sources, and referring to and including tables, figures, mathematical expressions and chemical formulae appropriately in reports and oral presentations

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Professional English:
Student
- is able to produce a simple basic formal project report and present it fairly effectively and professionally orally
- knows how to evaluate and find relevant sources when writing a project report or preparing a project presentation
- knows the basic conventions of technical writing, documenting sources, and referring to and including tables, figures, mathematical expressions and chemical formulae appropriately in reports and oral presentations, but is able to apply only some of them in project documents.