Course introduction | |
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Course name | Technical English for Electrical Engineering- Group 5 |
Credits | 2 |
Instructor | Bahram Vazirnezhad- Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering- Bio-Electric |
Schedules | Sundays ('Alef 20) & Tuesdays (Lab 2) 10:30-12:00 |
Office hours | See office hours |
General purpose | To increase English language proficiency of students in reading, writting and expressing technical ideas in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
Course outline | Article review
Listening to technology reports Oral presentation Writting essays |
Required material | Electronic version of material are available HERE and hardcopies will be made available as required |
Main reference | IEEE Spectrum |
Evaluation | Class activity and effective presence 20%
Presented lecture quality 20% Written essays quality 20% Final exam 40% |
Notes | - Please download the Feburary issue of IEEE spectrum from my site and print pages 42-47 relevant to the article "Voice over IP" and bring it in with you to the class. (10/1/2010) |
Course syllabus | ||||
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Week | Theme | Description | Activities | Notes |
1 | Course introduction | The purpose, content and organization of the course
Required material; Evaluation; Preparing schedule for presentations etc. |
Course review | |
2 | IEEE Spectrum | Reading technical articles from IEEE Spectrum | Article review | |
3 | Science & technology | Listening to audio files | Listening and transcribing | |
4 | Electrical Eng. | Guidelines for writting essays | Writting practice | |
5 | IEEE Spectrum | Reading technical articles from IEEE Spectrum | Article review | |
6 | Computing & IT | Presenting lectures | Oral presentation and class discussion | |
7 | Electrical Eng. | Writting essays | Essay writing (1) | |
8 | IEEE Spectrum | Reading technical articles from IEEE Spectrum | Article review | |
9 | Biomedical & Bionics | Presenting lectures | Oral presentations and class discussion | |
10 | Electrical Eng. | Writting essays | Essay writing (2) | |
11 | IEEE Spectrum | Reading technical articles from IEEE Spectrum | Article review | |
12 | Telecommunications | Presenting lectures | Oral presentations and class discussion | |
13 | Electrical Eng. | Writting essays | Essay writing (3) | |
14 | IEEE Spectrum | Reading technical articles from IEEE Spectrum | Article review | |
15 | Control & Robotics | Presenting lectures | Oral presentations and class discussions | |