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Course Offerings

  • ECE 8020 Graduate Professional Communication Skills – 3 credit hours – offered Fall 2006, Spring 2007, and Summer 2007. The scope of ECE 8020 includes discipline-specific technical writing that conforms to IEEE standards, oral presentation skills, and English as a second language (ESL) concerns. ECE 8020 also focuses on organizational skills, critical thinking, the effective use of graphics, and critiquing and proofreading skills. Media-enhanced learning tools are used to expand the learning experience of students in this course.
  • CETL 8721 Academic Writing for Graduate Students – 1 credit hour. Through examination of ECE discipline-specific writing samples and practice, students learn techniques for enhancing proposal, thesis, and dissertation preparation as well as methods for evaluating writing as future instructors and thesis directors. Note: this class is intended only for fluent speakers and writers of English. A writing sample will be requested.
  • CETL 8722 Academic Writing for International Graduate Students – 1 credit hour – offered Fall 2006 and Fall 2007. This course aids international graduate student in enhancing their academic writing skills in English through exposure to and practice of producing examples of academic writing.
  • CETL 8793 Oral Skills for International Graduate Students – 2 credit hours - offered Spring 2007. This oral skills course is designed to help graduate students become more accurate and fluent in both verbal and nonverbal skills. In addition to working on acquiring an American accent and body language when speaking English, students will work on basic presentation skills.
  • CETL 8795 Advanced Oral Skills for International Graduate Students – 2 credit hours – prerequisite: CETL8793 or permission of instructor - offered Summer 2007. This advanced oral skills course is designed to help graduate students improve their verbal ability in English for teaching, making presentations, and interacting in academic and professional situations.


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