Title :
Work in progress - an integrated engineering communications curriculum for the 21st century
Author :
Paretti, Marie C. ; Burgoyne, Christina Bala
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. Educ., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Abstract :
This paper presents an innovative engineering communications curriculum sequence that addresses the written, oral, and visual communication demands of the emerging workplace. Preliminary results show that the curriculum effectively prepares students for workplace communication, while limiting demands on engineering faculty time and class resources
Keywords :
continuing professional development; educational courses; engineering education; engineering faculty; integrated engineering communications curriculum; workplace communication; Communications technology; Data engineering; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Employment; Engineering education; Laboratories; Materials science and technology; Visual communication; Writing; Communication; curriculum; speaking; writing;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE '05. Proceedings 35th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Indianopolis, IN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9077-6
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2005.1612098
