Course offerings in Spring 2025:
Ten-week course that counts towards success and wellness core credit.
Monday/Wednesday 2:00-2:50
Tuesday/Thursday 11:00-11:50
Course Description:
CSM 102 provides students with a foundation in effectively communicating STEM topics to stakeholders in both academia and industry. Through hands-on exercises, students gain valuable experience while exploring a variety of topics such as emails, memos, poster presentations, executive summaries, figures and tables, and proposals. This course can provide our students with a foundation for success, helping them navigate the nuances of discipline-specific communication in future classes and their careers.
Learning Outcomes:
At the completion of the course, you will be able to:
- Understand and explain the concept of technical writing, oral, and visual communication
- Analyze and evaluate audience and how it influences the methods used to communicate ideas
- Apply and modify their writing style to meet the expectations in both academia and industry
- Understand the common types of written and oral communication projects within STEM
- Implement skills related to dialogue, revision, and design on collaborative work
- Create visual graphics that effectively communicate their ideas
- Apply principles of effective technical writing related to topics such as syntax, grammar, and tone
