Topic outline

  • Course Information

    Date of course:                  19.4.–31.5.2022                 Time  09.00–12.15

    Day: Tuesday

    Room: Y307a 

    Teacher. Malachy Halpin  malachy.halpin@aalto.fi

     

    This course introduces written and oral communication principles and strategies that are applicable to professional and academic purposes.

    Students begin by writing on a topic from their own field of study. To enhance readability of the texts, students apply organizational patterns, such as problem-solution, as well as employ other writing principles that make comprehension of sentences and paragraphs easier.

    Based on their written work, students deliver an oral presentation. As part of the learning process, students analyze presentations to identify their strengths and areas for improvement, as well as practice organizing and presenting information clearly to a non-expert audience.

    Throughout this course, students work individually, in pairs and in small groups to develop their presentation and writing skills. Moreover, students give and receive constructive feedback on their work and revise it accordingly.

    Workload

    • Small-group instruction          30
    • Independent study                  51

            (includes 3 compulsory online modules)

     

    Course requirements 

     

    Preparatory assignments    40

    Final report                          20

    Final presentation                20

    Modules/reflection exercise  20 

    Total                                      100

     

    Grading 1 – 5

    5       93 – 100

    4       85 – 92

    3       77 – 84

    2       69 – 76

    1       61 – 68

     

    Attendance and absences

    • Participants are allowed seven 45 minute absences, each additional absence (=90 min lesson) reduces the total points by 5%.

    Preparatory assignments

    • must be completed on time. Late submissions not accepted.
    • no make-up work possible.
    • must be rewritten according to teacher's feedback and resubmitted.
    • teacher feedback on two written assignments