Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Oral Communication Skills Workshop
	English	Oral Communication Skills Workshop
Course Code	KMM 596	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	2	2	4	2	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Şerife Birgül Ersolmaz
Course Objectives		This workshop focuses on the skills needed for effective formal oral and poster technical presentations. It is designed for engineering students who do not have English as their first language.
Course Description		The Workshop involves a four-hour overview focusing on the organization and style components of both formal oral and poster technical presentations. Examples of both a PowerPoint? and poster presentation will be given to illustrate effective communication skills. Each student is required to prepare a 15-minute talk. Eight students are scheduled to present during each two-hour Workshop session. The total time commitment expected from each student is 6.5 hours including 4 hours of lectures, 2 hours of student presentations and a 30 minute one-on-one consultation session.
Course Outcomes
Pre-requisite(s)		Workshop is limited to 25 students and open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Registration is rquired and will be on a first come-first serve basis. The registration deadline is April 05, 2010.
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