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Professional and Technical Communication syllabus

ENG 5016 units · 28 topicsAcademic year 2083/84
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Professional and Technical Communication

6 units

1. Foundations of Professional and Technical Communication (6 LHs)

  1. Nature, scope, and characteristics of technical communication
    1. Nature, scope, and characteristics of technical communication
  2. Communication in digital/entrepreneurial workplaces
    1. Communication in digital/entrepreneurial workplaces
  3. Ethics, transparency, and data integrity
    1. Ethics, transparency, and data integrity
  4. Intercultural and virtual communication
    1. Intercultural and virtual communication
  5. Audience profiling and context analysis
    1. Audience profiling and context analysis.

2. Writing in Business and IT Settings (8 LHs)

  1. Essentials of technical writing
    1. Essentials of technical writing
  2. Emails, memos, letters, resumé
    1. Emails, memos, letters, resumé
  3. Notices, Press Release, meeting minutes
    1. Notices, Press Release, meeting minutes
  4. Digital workplace writing (Slack, Teams, Jira)
    1. Digital workplace writing (Slack, Teams, Jira)
  5. Requirements documentation and user stories
    1. Requirements documentation and user stories

3. Designing Technical Documents & Interfaces (6 LHs)

  1. Principles of document design
    1. Principles of document design
  2. Typography, layout, templates
    1. Typography, layout, templates
  3. User manuals, instructions, SOPs
    1. User manuals, instructions, SOPs
  4. Graphics, dashboards, infographics
    1. Graphics, dashboards, infographics
  5. Accessibility and usability
    1. Accessibility and usability.

4. Workplace Collaboration & Leadership Communication (6 LHs)

  1. Proposals and reports
    1. Proposals and reports
  2. Teaming and collaboration processes
    1. Teaming and collaboration processes
  3. Leadership communication
    1. Leadership communication
  4. Conflict resolution and feedback
    1. Conflict resolution and feedback
  5. Nepalese IT workplace case studies
    1. Nepalese IT workplace case studies.

5. Presentations & Data Storytelling (6 LHs)

  1. Planning and structuring presentations
    1. Planning and structuring presentations
  2. Storytelling for technical/business contexts
    1. Storytelling for technical/business contexts
  3. Slide design and visual communication
    1. Slide design and visual communication
  4. Virtual presentation skills
    1. Virtual presentation skills

6. Preferred Assignments

  1. Unit 1: Audience Analysis and Case Study
    1. Audience analysis and case study.
  2. Unit 2: Professional Correspondence
    1. Creating professional resumé, memo, and emails.
  3. Units 3–4: Project Proposal or Report Presentation
    1. Presenting or pitching an idea on a project proposal or report.
  4. Unit 5: User Manuals, Instructions, and Presentations
    1. Crafting and creating user manuals, instructions, and presentations.