New Syllabus
Course Title: Scientific Communication Full
Marks:50
Course No: SC 101 Pass Marks:20
Nature of the course: Theory
A course on Scientific Communication has been designed for
the first year students of 4 years B.Sc. program of the Institute of Science
and Technology (IOST) TU. Students are supposed to improve their skill of
communication in English language especially the writing. Delivery of the theme
of texts will be done by the institute of science (or English, if necessary).
Concerned faculty (teacher) will lecture and comprehend the theme of the
articles prescribed in texts. A major emphasis will be given to improve the
scientific vocabulary, the writing and oral presentation of the theme of
selected essay in a practical group of exercise.
Aim and objective of the course:
At the end of the course the students must: -
·
Understand and be able to apply the kind of vocabulary
that is prevalent in the field of Science and technology.
·
Understand the structure of oral presentation
and be able to prepare on successfully.
·
Understand the structure of various types of written
texts.
·
Be able to write an academic and/or scientific report
in English language, to communicate or present the summary to specific audience
and readership.
Course Contents:
Unit I: Selected Readings from the text "Learning English" (25 hours)
1.
Astronomy
2.
Information Technology
3.
Health and Medicine
4.
Environment
Unit II: Selected theme and essays from the text
"Improve Your Writing"
1.
The sentence
2.
The Effect of Scientific Temperature on Man – Bertrand
Russell (part of the section "The World of Science and Technology)
3.
The paragraph
4.
Gods in the Goldless Universe – Bertrand Russell
5.
Pollution and Superpollution – Gordon Rattey
6.
Science and Survival – Barry Commoner
7.
The composition
8.
Man and Nature – J. Bronwoski
9.
Man and His Environment – Robert Arvill
10.
The Cost of Solar Heat – H.A. Bethe (part of the
section "Man and Nature")
Unit III: Writing (Ref: Technical Communication) 25 hours
Students must practice on: -
1.
Writing scientific articles for science magazines
and daily newspapers
2.
Developing a scientific proposal
3.
Writing (essential components of) Research
papers for journals
4.
Report writing
5.
Oral (e.g. PowerPoint) presentation in a group
6.
Citation of references
Notes:
a.
Emphasis on comprehension and explanations, an improvement
in vocabulary and developing writing skill as given at the end of each article,
must be given.
b.
25 lecture together with practice hours are
assigned for each unit.
Prescribed Texts:
1.
Learning English – A. Rama Krishna Rao, Orient
Black Swan, Hyderabad, 2009
2.
Improve Your Writing – V.N. Arora and Lakshmi
Chandra, Oxford University, New Delhi, 2011
References:
1.
Technical Communication – Meenaskhi Roman and Sangeeta
Sharma, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2012.
