HU-1205

Communication Skills

Course ID
HU-1205
Department
Software Engineering
Campus
Chella Campus
Level
Undergraduate
Semester
2nd
Credit
2 + 0
Method
Lecture

Course Outlines:

Writing Skills:

Vocabulary Building

Writing Skills: Essays and Letters

Common Writing Errors

Purposeful Writing

Reading Skills:

Skimming and Scanning

Critical Reading

Reading for Understanding

Techniques and strategies to develop sound vocabulary.

Listening Skills:

Introduction to Communication Process

Seven Cs of Communication

Types of Listening

Listening for Comprehension

Speaking Skills:

Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication

Basics of Presentation Skills

Presentation Strategies and public speaking skills.

Use of Audio-Visual Aids

Basics of Group Communication

Listening Skills

Communicate effectively in job interviews.

Course Learning Outcomes

Understand business communication.

Communicate effectively using skills such as reading skills, listening skills, writing skills and presentation skills.

Teaching Methodology (Proposed as applicable):

Lectures (audio/video aids), Written Assignments/ Quizzes, Tutorials, Case Studies relevant to engineering disciplines, Semester Project, Guest Speaker, Industrial/ Field Visits, Group discussion, Report Writing

Assessment:

Mid Term, Report writing/ Presentation, Assignments, Project Report, Quizzes, Final Term

Suggested Books:

Anchor in English-II (Lessons 1-5), A SPELT Publication, latest edition

Christopher Fry, “Summary Writing (Book-I)”, Oxford University Press, latest edition.

College Essays by John Langland, latest edition.

Barron’s TOFFL iBT latest Edition.

Communication Skills for Engineers by Sunita Marshal and C.Muralikrishna,latest edition.

There are 133 total credit hours to complete the Software Engineering degree.