ECE 60004 - Communication for Engineering Leaders

Note:

This course is classified as non-technical and therefore does not count toward the required 15 credit hours of ECE coursework for MSECE students or the required 18 credit hours of combined ECE and CS coursework for MSSWE students. 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 Spring

Campus/Online:

On-campus and online

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 5 weeks long and is for students NOT enrolled in ECE 60001, Concepts to Innovation I. Students in ECE 60001 will take ECE 69500, Communication for Engineering Leaders, C2I.

Required Text(s):

  1. Communicate with Mastery , First Edition , Schramm, JD, Kara Levy, Joel Peterson , O'Reilly Media Company , 2020 , ISBN No. 978-1119550099
  2. 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
  3. 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)