• DocumentCode
    2819188
  • Title

    Communicating beyond the campus: preparing engineers for the profession

  • Author

    Davis, Marjorie T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Tech. Commun., Mercer Univ., Macon, GA, USA
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    20-23 Oct. 2004
  • Abstract
    Technical communication for engineering students should focus on the real demands of professional communication in the workplace. Since 1893, engineering educators have called for education in "engineering English," and today technical communication faculty are partners in delivering appropriate courses. This paper describes one successful junior-level course at Mercer University.
  • Keywords
    educational courses; educational institutions; engineering education; professional communication; Mercer University; educational courses; engineering English education; engineering educators; engineering students; junior-level course; professional communication; teaching; technical communication; Context; Design engineering; Education; Educational institutions; Employment; Engineering students; Humans; Professional communication; Proposals; Writing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frontiers in Education, 2004. FIE 2004. 34th Annual
  • ISSN
    0190-5848
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8552-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FIE.2004.1408666
  • Filename
    1408666