ENGRC 3500

ENGRC 3500

Course information provided by the 2022-2023 Catalog.

Prepares students for important communication activities. They communicate using various types of documents (e.g., emails, memos, problem analyses, proposals, progress reports), give oral presentations, and incorporate graphics in their oral and written work. Students learn how to communicate specialized information to different audiences (e.g., technical and nontechnical audiences, colleagues and clients, peers and supervisors, and in-house departments), work in teams, and address organizational and ethical issues. The course material is drawn from professional contexts, principally engineering, and it generates lively discussion. The class size ensures close attention to each student's work.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: two First-Year Writing Seminars and major affiliation.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: EN and BEE seniors or permission of instructor.

Distribution Category (CE-EN)

When Offered Fall, Spring.

Satisfies Requirement Satisfies the College of Engineering's engineering communication requirement. This course also fulfills a liberal studies requirement.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Six Week Summer. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  1121 ENGRC 3500   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

    Enrollment limited to Juniors and Seniors in the College of Engineering. On occasion, individuals and teams will meet in a live Zoom session with the instructor. These sessions will be scheduled to best fit the students' schedules. This Online Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit http://www.sce.cornell.edu/ss/courses/courses.php?v=2053

Syllabi: none
  •   Six Week Summer. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  1122 ENGRC 3500   SEM 102

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

    Enrollment limited to Juniors and Seniors in the College of Engineering. Mostly asynchronous, online. Some team meetings will happen over Zoom, at a common open time to be arranged. This Online Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit http://www.sce.cornell.edu/ss/courses/courses.php?v=2053