ECE 69500 - Communication for Engineering Leaders, C2I
Note:
This course is asynchronous online. All required textbooks are available in full-text online through the Purdue Libraries.
Course Details
Lecture Hours: 1 Credits: 1
Areas of Specialization:
Counts as:
Normally Offered:
Each Fall
Campus/Online:
On-campus only
Catalog Description:
The goal of this course is to upskill talented engineers' communication abilities. By the end of the course, you should have new adeptness at creating and delivering powerful presentations on a short deadline, as well as strategies for leading others effectively. This version of the course is 16 weeks long and is only for students enrolled in ECE 60001, Concepts to Innovation I. Other students can take ECE 60004, a 5-week version of this course, which runs in spring terms.
Required Text(s):
- Communicate with Mastery , First Edition , Schramm, JD, Kara Levy, Joel Peterson , O'Reilly Media Company , 2020 , ISBN No. 978-1119550099
- Connect First: 52 Simple Ways to Ignite Success, Meaning, and Joy at Work. , First Edition , Katzman, Melanie , O'Reilly Media Company , 2019 , ISBN No. 978-1260457834
- HBR's 10 Must Reads 2020 , Review, Harvard Business, Porter, Michael E, Nohria, Nitin, Lake, Katrina, and Daugherty, Paul R. , La Vergne: Harvard Business Review , 2019 , ISBN No. 978-1633698123
Recommended Text(s):
None.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate increased awareness of communication theories and strategies
- Deliver engaging, effective presentations and documents
- Design plans for valuable, productive workplace and team interactions
- Develop a leadership or mentoring plan tailored to your specific workplace
Assessment Method:
Typical weekly assignments include reading and discussion posts; two written assignments. (3/2022)